New Alipore

Worth seeing in and around New Alipore

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.

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.

   2.9 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.

   2.5 km · Hindu temple in Kolkata, West Bengal, India · Wikipedia
3. 03
   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.

   3.1 km · zoo situated in Kolkata, India · Wikipedia
4. 04
   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.

   2.5 km · building in India · Wikipedia
5. 05
   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.

   2.4 km · horticultural society and flower garden in Kolkata, India · Wikipedia
6. 06
   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.

   1.2 km · museum in Kolkata · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Rabindra Sarobar Stadium

   The Rabindra Sarobar Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Lake Gardens, Kolkata, India. It is used for football matches and serves as the home of many Calcutta Football League matches.

   3.3 km · stadium of West Bengal · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute

   Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute is a 660 bedded cancer care hospital and research institute and one of the 27 regional cancer centres in India. It is located in Kolkata near Jatin Das Park metro station at Hazra crossing.

   3.2 km · Cancer Research Institute in Kolkata, India · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Sabarna Sangrahashala

   Sabarna Roy Choudhury was a Zamindar family of Mughal Bengal. They controlled significant swathes of territory, including what would later become Kolkata, prior to the sale of zamindari rights in 1698 to the East India Company.

   3.4 km · museum in Kolkata, West Bengal · Wikipedia
10. 10
    Deshapriya Park

    Deshapriyo Park is a playground of South Kolkata, having Rashbehari Avenue on one side and Sarat Bose Road on another side. Different games like Cricket, Football, Tennis etc.

    3.6 km · park in Kolkata · Wikipedia

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Getting to New Alipore

Airports

Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose (CCU), 21 km · Hazrat Shahjalal (DAC), 259 km

Stations

Behala Airport, 2.5 km · Majerhat railway station, 1 km · Tollygunge railway station, 2.8 km · Lake Gardens railway station, 3.4 km · Remount Road railway station, 1.8 km

• Bhubaneswar → New Alipore

  359 km · quickest by air, 4h 26m · ₹5,550–8,520
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• Siliguri → New Alipore

  467 km · quickest by air, 4h 46m · ₹6,170–9,450
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• Guwahati → New Alipore

  535 km · quickest by air, 5h 20m · ₹6,680–10,220
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