Dakshineswar
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Dakhineswar
West Bengal, India |
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 Dakhineswar
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| District(s) | North 24 Parganas |
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| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
- For the Kali temple, see Dakshineswar Kali Temple
Dakshineswar, is a town in Barrackpore subdivision of North 24 Parganas district in West Bengal.
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[edit] History
In 1847, Rani Rashmoni of Bengal began the construction of the famous Dakshineswar Kali Temple. There is also another famous temple in Dakshineswar - the Adyapeeth [1]
On the West bank of Hoogli River (almost across Dakshineswar), is Belur Math, the headquarters of the Ramakrishna Mission, an association founded by Swami Vivekananda in 1897.
Before the temple was built, the nawabs of Chitpur used to hunt tigers at Dakshineswar. [2]
[edit] Geography
It is situated alongside the Vivekananda Setu, in the North 24 Parganas district, north of Calcutta, on the East bank of Hoogli River, is famous for its temples. Dakshineswar is 14 km from Sealdah on the Sealdah-Dankuni section of Eastern Railway [3]
[edit] References
- ^ Adyapeeth.
- ^ Cotton, H.E.A., Calcutta Old and New, 1909/1980, p807, General Printers and Publishers Pvt. Ltd.
- ^ Eastern Railway time table.
[edit] See also
Dakshineswar travel guide from Wikitravel
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