Tollygunge
Tollygunge is a locality of South Kolkata, in West Bengal, India.
Tollygunge is a locality of South Kolkata, in West Bengal, India. It is known for being the center of Bengali cinema in India, with filming locations used for other regional Indian films.
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Worth seeing in and around Tollygunge
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.
- 01Kalighat 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 - 02Jadavpur University
Jadavpur University is a public state funded technical and research university with its main campus located at Jadavpur, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
2.6 km · state public university in Kolkata, West Bengal, India · Wikipedia - 03Kalighat 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 - 04Rabindra Sarobar
Rabindra Sarobar is an artificial lake, garden and park in South Kolkata in the Indian state of West Bengal. The name also refers to the area surrounding the lake.
2 km · artificial lake in Kolkata · Wikipedia - 05Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science
Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science is a public, deemed, research university for higher education and research in basic sciences under the Department of Science & Technology, Government of India. Established on 29 July 1876 by Mahendralal Sarkar, a private medical practitioner, it focuses on fundamental research in basic sciences.
2.2 km · Research university in Kolkata, West Bengal · Wikipedia - 06Agri-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.
3.6 km · horticultural society and flower garden in Kolkata, India · Wikipedia - 07State 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.
2.9 km · museum in Kolkata · Wikipedia - 08Chittaranjan 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.
3.1 km · Cancer Research Institute in Kolkata, India · Wikipedia - 09Rabindra 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.
1.6 km · stadium of West Bengal · Wikipedia - 10Asutosh College
Asutosh College, established in 1916, is a premier government aided college in Kolkata and under Calcutta University. It offers undergraduate level courses in various science and art subjects, also postgraduate degrees in select science and arts subjects.
3.1 km · college affiliated to the University of Calcutta · Wikipedia
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What Wikivoyage says to see
- 01Bhukailash Rajbari
- 02BNR House
Once the residence of Indologist Sir William Jones, now the official residence of the General Manager (GM) of South Eastern Railway (SER).
- 03Choto Rasbari
- 04India Government Mint
- 05Tollywood
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.
- 06Indenture 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
Fame - South City (Watch films).
- 01Royal Calcutta Golf Club
The oldest golf club in India, established in 1829.
- 02Tollygunge Club
- 03Durga 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.
- 04Benuban Chhaya
- 05Jodhpur Park
- 06Patuli Lake
A long waterbody along EM Bypass, attracting hundreds on weekends.
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Getting to Tollygunge
- Airports
- Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose (CCU), 20 km · Hazrat Shahjalal (DAC), 258 km
- Stations
- Ballygunge Junction railway station, 3.6 km · Tollygunge railway station, 1.1 km · Masterda Surya Sen metro station, 3.1 km · Majerhat railway station, 3.4 km · Jadavpur railway station, 3 km
- Bhubaneswar → Tollygunge359 km · quickest by air, 4h 26m · ₹5,560–8,530
- Siliguri → Tollygunge468 km · quickest by air, 4h 46m · ₹6,170–9,460
- Guwahati → Tollygunge535 km · quickest by air, 5h 20m · ₹6,690–10,230
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
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No local-transport research exists yet for Tollygunge
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Tollygunge. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inThe exact fare depends on the type of bus, whether it is a state bus, a minibus or a private bus.
- Get in}} Point to point auto rickshaws are a cheap and popular means of transport, in most parts of the city, except the central business district.
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Next door to Tollygunge
Tollygunge is 7 km from Kolkata, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.