Kāmārhāti
Kamarhati is a city and a municipality of North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Kamarhati is a city and a municipality of North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA).
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Worth seeing in and around Kāmārhāti
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Howrah Bridge
The Howrah Bridge is a balanced steel bridge over the Hooghly River in West Bengal, India. Commissioned in 1943, the bridge was originally named the New Howrah Bridge, because it replaced a pontoon bridge at the same location linking both sides of Kolkata.
9.6 km · cantilever bridge in Kolkata, India · Wikipedia - 02Dakshineswar Kali Temple
Dakshineswar Kali Temple is a Hindu navaratna style temple in Dakshineswar, Kolkata, West Bengal, India, on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River. The presiding deity of the temple is Bhavatarini, a form of Mahadevi or Parashakti Adya Kali, otherwise known as Adishakti Kalika.
2 km · Hindu temple in West Bengal, India · Wikipedia - 03Marble Palace
Marble Palace is a palatial nineteenth-century mansion in North Kolkata. It is located at 46, Muktaram Babu Street, Kolkata 700007.
9.6 km · historic building in Kolkata · Wikipedia - 04Rabindra Bharati University
Rabindra Bharati University is a public research university in Kolkata, India. It was founded on 8 May 1962, under the Rabindra Bharati Act of the Government of West Bengal in 1961, to mark the birth centenary of the poet Rabindranath Tagore.
9.4 km · state public university in Kolkata, West Bengal, India · Wikipedia - 05Bethune College
Bethune College is a women's college located on Bidhan Sarani in Kolkata, India, and affiliated to the University of Calcutta. It is the oldest women's college in India.
8.9 km · First Female College in Bengal · Wikipedia - 06Thanthania Kalibari
Thanthania Kalibari is a Hindu temple dedicated to the Hindu goddess Kali, first of the ten Mahavidyas in the Hindu tantric tradition and the supreme deity in the Kalikula worship tradition. One of the oldest Kali temples in Kolkata, Maa Kali is worshipped here as "Maa Siddheshwari".
9.8 km · temple in Kolkata · Wikipedia - 07Bose Institute
Bose Institute is a premier public research institute of India for biological sciences, physical sciences and chemical sciences and also one of its oldest. The institute was established on 30 November 1917 by Acharya Sir Jagdish Chandra Bose, the pioneer of modern scientific research in the Indian subcontinent.
9.5 km · research institute in Kolkata · Wikipedia - 08Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Educational and Research Institute
Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Educational and Research Institute, formerly Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda University or simply Vivekananda University, is an education institute deemed-to-be-university headquartered at Belur, West Bengal, with campuses spanning multiple states in India. Established with the idea of actualizing Swami Vivekananda's vision of education, the institute is administered by the Ramakrishna Mission.
4.6 km · Indian education institute · Wikipedia - 09Hindi University, Howrah
Hindi University is a non-affiliating Public research university located in Howrah, West Bengal.
8.7 km · state public university in Howrah, West Bengal, India · Wikipedia - 10Star Theatre, Kolkata
The Star Theatre, is a theatre in Hatibagan, Kolkata. It was built in 1883.
8.3 km · building in India · Wikipedia
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What Wikivoyage says to see
Balaram Mandir. Once a residence of Balaram Bose, a disciple of Sri Ramakrishna, the house hosts various events under the auspices of the Ramakrishna Mission, including the birthday celebrations of Ramakrishna, his wife Sarada Devi, and Swami Vivekananda. The house also has a collection of 1,800 books.
- 01Belgachia Villa
- 02Clive House
Considered to be the first pucca brick and cement building in West Bengal, possibly built by the Dutch or Portuguese.
- 03Cossipore Burning Ghat
- 04G.T.S
A 75 ft (23 m) masonry tower, built in 1831 for the Great Trigonometrical Survey conducted by George Everest, the namesake of Mount Everest.
- 05Tala Tank
- 06Dakshineswar Kali Temple
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Things to do
- 01Cossipore Club
4, Dum Dum Rd,.
- 02Sinthee More Ground
Hosts various local events throughout the year, including "Ajanta Circus" every winter.
- 03Tala Lake Park
A parcel of greenery within the area's hustle.
- 04Narayani Cinema
15, Surya Sen Rd.
- 05Sonali Cinema
140, BT Rd.
- 06Dum Dum Park Bharat Chakra
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Where to eat
Major food chains include Wow Momo (140, BT Rd).
- 01Arsalan Restaurant & Caterer
Popular items: firni, mutton kosha, mutton boti kebab, chicken chatpata, mutton biryani, egg chicken roll.
- 02Food Plaza
Rani Rashmoni Rd (close to the Kali Temple).
- 03Haldiram's
- 04Sher-e-Punjab
Jessore Road, Sukanta Nagar,.
- 05Anandamayee Sweets
Traditional Bengal sweets, curd (in Bengali "doi"), ice cream, dhokla, lassi.
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Getting to Kāmārhāti
- Airports
- Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose (CCU), 8 km · Hazrat Shahjalal (DAC), 245 km
- Stations
- Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport, 8 km · Howrah railway station, 9.9 km · Kolkata railway station, 7.6 km · Baranagar Road railway station, 1.9 km · Dankuni Junction railway station, 8.2 km
- Bhubaneswar → Kāmārhāti375 km · quickest by air, 3h 52m · ₹5,300–8,170
- Siliguri → Kāmārhāti449 km · quickest by air, 4h 12m · ₹5,910–9,100
- Guwahati → Kāmārhāti519 km · quickest by air, 4h 46m · ₹6,430–9,870
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No local-transport research exists yet for Kāmārhāti
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Kāmārhāti. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inThe main line branches of to the Chord Link Line from {{marker|type |wikidata By car By ferry=== There are a set of parallel bridges across the Hooghly River - Vivekananda Setu and Nivedita Setu - between Dakshineswar and Bally.
- Get inThere are numerous ferry points (locally known as ghats) connecting the two banks of the Hooghly River.
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Next door to Kāmārhāti
Kāmārhāti is 3 km from Pānihāti, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.