Tribeni

For the village in Parbat District, Dhawalagiri Zone, Nepal, see Tribeni, Nepal.
For the village in Salyan District, Rapti Zone, Nepal, see Tribeni, Rapti.
Tribeni
—  town  —
Tribeni
Location of Tribeni
in West Bengal and India
Coordinates
Country India
State West Bengal
District(s) Hooghly
Time zone IST (UTC+05:30)

Tribeni (Bengali: ত্রিবেণী) is a small town in Hooghly in the state of West Bengal, India. It was an old holy place for the Hindus. The Muslims took over it during early phases of their conquest of Bengal.

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Geography

Tribeni is located at .[1]

At Tribeni in Hooghly District in the Indian state of West Bengal the Bhagirathi branched off into three streams The Saraswati River flowed south-west beyond Saptagram, the Yamuna (this is distinct from the river of same name in northern India and several streams of the same name in eastern Bengal) flowed south-east, and the Bhagirathi proper flowing through the present Hooghly channel to Kolkata and then through Adi Ganga, past Kalighat, to the sea.[2]

Bandel Thermal Power Station, BTPS is located in the heart of Tribeni. ITC PSPD UNIT is a must to know about Tribeni. Tribeni Tissues Vidyapith, Dilip Kumar High School, Biswanath Smriti Girls School, Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy High School are the schools of this locality. Tribeni is governed by Banshberia Municipality.

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References

  1. ^ "Yahoo maps location of Tribeni". Yahoo maps. http://maps.yahoo.com/#mvt=m&lat=22.98788&lon=88.40038&zoom=15&q1=Tribeni%252C%2520West%2520Bengal. Retrieved 2008-12-07. 
  2. ^ Majumdar, Dr. R.C., History of Ancient Bengal, First published 1971, Reprint 2005, pp. 2-3, Tulshi Prakashani, Kolkata, ISBN 81-89118-01-3.
  3. ^ "Map of the district of Hooghly". Calcuttaweb.com. http://www.calcuttaweb.com/maps/hoogli.shtml. Retrieved 2009-01-22.