Maheshtala

Worth seeing in and around Maheshtala

9 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
   National Library of India

   The National Library of India is a library located in the Belvedere Estate, Alipore, Kolkata, India. The National Library was moved there in 1953 into the estate where the former British Viceroys resided.

   9.1 km · national library located in Kolkata · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Kalighat Kali Temple

   Kalighat Kali Temple is a Hindu temple in Kalighat, Kolkata, West Bengal, India, dedicated to the Hindu goddess Kali, one of the 10 Mahavidyas in the Hindu tantric tradition and the supreme deity in the Kalikula worship tradition. The temple is one of the 51 Shakti Pithas in India.

   9.6 km · Hindu temple in Kolkata, West Bengal, India · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Vidyasagar Setu

   Vidyasagar Setu, also known as the Second Hooghly Bridge, is an 822.96-metre-long cable-stayed six-laned toll bridge over the Hooghly River in West Bengal, India, linking the cities of Kolkata and Howrah. Opened in 1992, Vidyasagar Setu was the first and longest cable-stayed bridge in India at the time of its inauguration.

   9.8 km · toll bridge in West Bengal, India · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Indian Botanic Garden

   The Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Indian Botanic Garden, previously known as the Indian Botanic Garden, Calcutta Botanic Garden, and Royal Botanic Garden, Calcutta, is a botanical garden situated in Shibpur, Howrah near Kolkata. The garden houses a wide variety of rare plants boasting of a total collection of over 12,000 specimens spread over 109 hectares.

   7.1 km · botanic garden · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Alipore Zoological Gardens

   The Zoological Garden, Alipore is India's oldest formally stated zoological park and a big tourist attraction in Kolkata, West Bengal. It has been open as a zoo since 1876, and covers 18.811 ha.

   9 km · zoo situated in Kolkata, India · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Kalighat Home for the Dying

   Kalighat, the Home of the Pure Heart is a hospice for the sick, destitute and the dying established by St. Mother Teresa in Kalighat, Kolkata, India.

   9.5 km · building in India · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Gurusaday Museum

   The Gurusaday Museum is a folk arts and crafts museum located in Kolkata, India.

   7.8 km · Folk arts and crafts museum in Kolkata, India · Wikipedia
8. 08
   State Archaeological Museum

   State Archaeological Museum, West Bengal in Kolkata, West Bengal, is an archeological museum founded in 1962 and has collections including rare tools of the Early, Middle and the Late Stone Ages from Susunia and other sites, proto-historic antiquities from Pandu Rajar Dhibi, terracottas, sculptures, stone and stucco from the Gupta, Maurya, Shunga, Kushana, Pala and Medieval times. It is located at the vicinity of Behala Bazar Metro on Diamond Harbour Road and Nafar Chandra Das Road at Behala behind Siddeshwari Kali Temple There is also a section on ‘Historical Art’ opened in 1963 which displays large number of old terracottas, bronzes, wood-carvings, textiles and manuscripts.

   7 km · museum in Kolkata · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Agri-Horticultural Society of India

   The Agri-Horticultural Society of India was founded in 1820 by William Carey on Alipore Road, Kolkata. It has a flower garden, greenhouses, a research laboratory, and a library.

   8.9 km · horticultural society and flower garden in Kolkata, India · Wikipedia

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What Wikivoyage says to see

1. 01
   Bhukailash Rajbari
2. 02
   BNR House

   Once the residence of Indologist Sir William Jones, now the official residence of the General Manager (GM) of South Eastern Railway (SER).

3. 03
   Choto Rasbari
4. 04
   India Government Mint
5. 05
   Tollywood

   From an early beginning in the silent era in 1919 to the talking era in the 1930s to the golden days of 1950s to 1970s has been a chequered history.

6. 06
   Indenture Memorial

   A memorial dedicated to the 1.6 million Indian workers who were transported to labour in European colonies.

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Things to do

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1. 01
   Royal Calcutta Golf Club

   The oldest golf club in India, established in 1829.

2. 02
   Tollygunge Club
3. 03
   Durga Puja of Sabarna Roy Choudhury's

   Sabarna Roy Chowdhury's jagirdari family has been celebrating Durga Puja since 1610 in their ancestral home at Barisha.

4. 04
   Benuban Chhaya
5. 05
   Jodhpur Park
6. 06
   Patuli Lake

   A long waterbody along EM Bypass, attracting hundreds on weekends.

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Getting to Maheshtala

Airports

Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose (CCU), 26 km · Hazrat Shahjalal (DAC), 265 km

Stations

Port of Kolkata, 7 km · Behala Airport, 4.8 km · Shalimar railway station, 8.7 km · Abada railway station, 7 km · Santragachi Junction railway station, 9.3 km

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  353 km · quickest by air, 4h 42m · ₹5,670–8,680
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  468 km · quickest by air, 5h 2m · ₹6,280–9,610
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• Guwahati → Maheshtala

  541 km · quickest by air, 5h 36m · ₹6,800–10,380
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