Tribeni

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For the village in Parbat District, Dhawalagiri Zone, Nepal, see Tribeni, Nepal. For the village in Salyan District, Rapti Zone, Nepal, see Tribeni, Rapti. For the confluence of three rivers at Allahabad, see Triveni Sangam.
Tribeni
ত্রিবেণী
town
Tribeni
Location in West Bengal, India
Coordinates: 22°59′N 88°24′E / 22.99°N 88.40°E / 22.99; 88.40Coordinates: 22°59′N 88°24′E / 22.99°N 88.40°E / 22.99; 88.40
Country  India
State West Bengal
District Hooghly
Languages
 • Official Bengali, English
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
Nearest city Bandel

Tribeni 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.

Geography

Tribeni is located at 22°59′N 88°24′E / 22.99°N 88.40°E / 22.99; 88.40.[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]

The confluence of River Hooghly and River Saraswati at Tribeni. May, 2013.

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 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bansberia )Banshberia Municipality. here is also an Ayurvedic medicine factory name M/S BANS PHARMACEUTICALS place near Rath Tala beside Tribeni Telephone Exchange.

Transport

Tribeni is 8 km from Bandel on the Bandel-Katwa Branch Line.[3] This Place can also be reach via Chinsurah to Kalna / Jirat, Rout no- '8' bus service. Bus service is available in every 45 minutes from 6.30 am to 8.30 pm.You may also reach at Tribeni via Kalyani Rly Station. A Bansberia Municipality initiative, TATA Magic public Transport car ferrying a Hundred of daily passengers for West to East side of Ganga over Iswar Gupta Setu in Bansberia. Ferry service also avail from Tribeni Ghat.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Yahoo maps location of Tribeni". Yahoo maps. 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. ↑ Railway local time table

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