Shankhanagar

Worth seeing in and around Shankhanagar

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
   Sayyid Jamaluddin Mosque

   The Sayed Jamaluddin Mosque is a former mosque and archaeological site, now in partial ruins, located in the ancient city of Saptagram in Hooghly district, West Bengal. The mosque was built during the reign of the Bengali sultan Nasiruddin Nasrat Shah.

   1.5 km · mosque in Hooghly, West Bengal, India · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Basilica of the Holy-Rosary

   The Basilica of the Holy Rosary is one of the oldest Christian churches in West Bengal, India. Situated in Bandel, Hooghly district of West Bengal, it stands as a memorial to the Portuguese settlement in Bengal.

   5.9 km · church in West Bengal, India · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Hangseshwari Temple

   The Hangseswari temple is a Hindu ratna temple located in the town of Bansberia at Hooghly District, West Bengal, India. The presiding deity of the temple is Hangseswari, a form of Maa Adi Parashakti Jagatjanani Dakshina Kali in Hindu mythology.

   2.1 km · Temple in Bansberia · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Ananta Basudeba Temple

   Ananta Basudeba temple is a Hindu temple of Lord Krishna in the Hangseshwari temple complex in Banshberia, in the Hooghly District in the Indian state of West Bengal. Built by Raja Rameswar Datta in 1679, this temple is noted for the exquisite terra cotta works on its walls.

   2.1 km · temple in Bansberia · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Dargah of Zafar Khan Gazi

   Zafar Khan Ghazi Mosque and Dargah, officially known as Dargah of Zafar Khan is one of the earliest surviving Muslim monument in Bengal. The mosque was built by Zafar Khan Ghazi, a general of Delhi in 1298 AD.

   2.4 km · shrine and mosque in Tribeni, West Bengal · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Academy of Technology

   The Academy of Technology or AOT is a self-financed undergraduate engineering college in Adisaptagram, Hooghly, West Bengal, India. It was established in 2003 by "Ananda Educational Development and Charitable Organisation", a trust.

   1.9 km · college in West Bengal · Wikipedia

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Getting to Shankhanagar

Airports

Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose (CCU), 36 km · Hazrat Shahjalal (DAC), 228 km

Stations

Bandel Junction railway station, 5.2 km · Adisaptagram railway station, 1.7 km · Talandu railway station, 5.7 km · Tribeni railway station, 2.9 km · Kalyani Simanta railway station, 5.3 km

• Bhubaneswar → Shankhanagar

  602 km · quickest by road, 12h 20m · ₹5,250–6,550
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• Siliguri → Shankhanagar

  502 km · quickest by road, 9h 45m · ₹4,030–5,050
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• Guwahati → Shankhanagar

  837 km · quickest by road, 15h 59m · ₹6,700–8,400
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