Konnagar

Worth seeing in and around Konnagar

2 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.

1. 01
   Uttarpara Jaikrishna Public Library

   Uttarpara Jaykrishna Public Library is a district library in Uttarpara, West Bengal, India, and is the first of its kind in Asia. Located in Uttarpara, a small town on the banks of the Hoogly river, this library was established by Babu Jaykrishna Mukherjee and opened to the public in 1859.

   5.6 km · Library dedicated for public and cultural activities by Joy kissan Mukherjee. · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Bidhan Chandra College, Rishra

   Bidhan Chandra College, also known as Rishra College, is present at Rishra, in the Hooghly district, West Bengal, India. It offers undergraduate courses in arts, Commerce and sciences and postgraduate courses in a few subjects.

   4.1 km · College of west Bengal · Wikipedia

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What Wikivoyage says to see

1. 01
   Abanindranath Tagore's Baganbari

   It was once the residence of Abanindranath Tagore, nephew of Rabindranath Tagore and one of the famous artists of Bengal.

2. 02
   Baro Mandir Ghat
3. 03
   Shiva temples along the Hooghly River

   It is one of the rare urban spaces in West Bengal where Charak Puja is still performed.

From Wikivoyage: Konnagar, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Getting to Konnagar

Airports

Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose (CCU), 14 km · Hazrat Shahjalal (DAC), 247 km

Stations

Dankuni Junction railway station, 4 km · Janai Road railway station, 5.7 km · Bally railway station, 5.8 km · Belanagar railway station, 4.7 km · Konnagar railway station, 2.5 km

• Bhubaneswar → Konnagar

  375 km · quickest by air, 4h 3m · ₹5,390–8,300
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• Siliguri → Konnagar

  445 km · quickest by air, 4h 23m · ₹6,000–9,230
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• Guwahati → Konnagar

  518 km · quickest by air, 4h 57m · ₹6,520–9,990
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