Dakshineswar

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  ?Dakhineswar
West Bengal • India
Coordinates: 22°54′N 88°19′E / 22.9, 88.31
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
District(s) North 24 Parganas

Coordinates: 22°54′N 88°19′E / 22.9, 88.31

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] Healthcare

North 24 Parganas district has been identified as one of the areas where ground water is affected by arsenic contamination. [4]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Adyapeeth.
  2. ^ Cotton, H.E.A., Calcutta Old and New, 1909/1980, p807, General Printers and Publishers Pvt. Ltd.
  3. ^ Eastern Railway time table.
  4. ^ Groundwater Arsenic contamination in West Bengal-India (19 years study ). Groundwater arsenic contamination status of North 24-Parganas district, one of the nine arsenic affected districts of West Bengal-India. SOES. Retrieved on 2007-08-24.

[edit] See also

Dakshineswar travel guide from Wikitravel

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