Rishra

Worth seeing in and around Rishra

6 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
   Dakshineswar 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.

   6.2 km · Hindu temple in West Bengal, India · Wikipedia
2. 02
   West Bengal State University

   West Bengal State University is a public university situated in Berunanpukuria, North 24 Paraganas, West Bengal, India. It was established by an Act of the Legislative Assembly in 2007.

   9.3 km · state public university in North 24 Parganas, West Bengal, India · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Ramakrishna 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.

   8.9 km · Indian education institute · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Kripamayee Kali Temple

   Kripamayee Kali Temple Kripamôyee Kali Môndir), commonly known as Joy Mitra Kalibari, Jôy Mitrô Kalibari ), is a Hindu temple dedicated to goddess Kali, located on the eastern banks of Hooghly River at Baranagar in Kolkata, in the Indian state of West Bengal.

   6.2 km · Temple in Baranagar, Kolkata · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Baranagar Math

   Baranagar Math or Ramakrishna Math, Baranagar was the first monastery of Ramakrishna Order. In September 1886, after the death of Ramakrishna, when his devotees stopped funding, Swami Vivekananda and other disciples of Ramakrishna decided to make a dilapidated house at Baranagar their new math.

   7.3 km · First monastery of Ramakrishna Order, situated in Baranagar, India · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Ramakrishna Mission Vidyamandira

   Ramakrishna Mission Vidyamandira is an autonomous degree college of India located in Belur, Howrah near Belur Math.

   8.7 km · college in Howrah, India · Wikipedia

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Getting to Rishra

Airports

Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose (CCU), 12 km · Hazrat Shahjalal (DAC), 244 km

Stations

Barrackpore Air Force Station, 8.1 km · Baranagar Road railway station, 6.9 km · Shrirampur railway station, 5 km · Dankuni Junction railway station, 7 km · Janai Road railway station, 8.7 km

• Bhubaneswar → Rishra

  377 km · quickest by air, 4h 6m · ₹5,410–8,330
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• Siliguri → Rishra

  443 km · quickest by air, 4h 26m · ₹6,020–9,260
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• Guwahati → Rishra

  516 km · quickest by air, 5h · ₹6,540–10,020
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