Best tourist spot in North 24 Pargana of Historical, Anthropological & Heritage Sites
1. CHANDRA KETU GARH :
Chandraketugarh is located in the district of North 24 Parganas, only 38 km. northeast of Kolkata. The history of Chandraketugarh dates back to almost the 3rd
Century B.C. during the pre-Mauryan era. Historians identify this site with the ancient Gangaridai mentioned by the Greek traveller, Megasthenes, in his work ‘Indika’.
2. DAKSHINESWAR
Dakshineswar Kali Temple is a Hindu temple located in Dakshineswar near Kolkata. Situated on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River, the presiding deity of the temple is Bhavatarini. The temple was built by Rani Rashmoni, a philanthropist and a devotee of Kali in 1855. The temple is famous for its association with
Ramakrishna, a mystic of 19th Century Bengal.
3. ADYAPITH TEMPLE
Close to Dakshineswar temple is Adyapith, a pilgrim centre, the temple of Adya Ma. SreeAnnada Thakur being advised in a dream had built this temple of ‘Adya Ma’ in order to teach man the dictums of love and idealism. The construction was started in 1340 BS and the temple was inaugurated on Makar Sankranti (last day of Bengali calendar month Poush) in 1375 BS. The idol of Adya Ma is made of 8 metals.
4. CHAKLA DHAM
Chakla near Berachapa( Station Guma/ Bira is a well-known religious tourist place, considered as the birthplace of popular 18th century spiritual master Baba Lokenath Bramhachari.
5. ANNAPURNA MANDIR
The temple, similar to Dakshineswar Temple, is situated at Titagrah on the river bank, and was opened to devotees on the 12th of April, 1875 (30th Chaitra 1281) by Sri SriRamkrishnaParamahansa. The majestic Temple stands on the Rani Rashmoni ghat near Barrakpore.
6. NAIHATI BANKIM SANGRAHASHALA
Bankim Sangrahashala is the library-museum of Rishi Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay, the great novelist. It is located at Kanthalpara, Naihati in the North 24 Paraganas. Established in 1954, the museum occupies only a portion of the big ancestral house, located alongside. The heritage museum is a living testimony of
the fact that the other gat personalities of pre-independent India like Rishi Aurobindo Ghosh, Chittaranjan Das, Dinabandhu Mitra, Keshab Chandra Sen, etc., used to come here for spending some quality time in this peaceful ambiance along with the great poet and author.
7. GANDHI GHAT
A tomb in the memory of Mahatma Gandhi, a lush green garden dotted with 120 varieties of roses, exquisite plants and trees, a picturesque sunset and an exciting riverfront – the Gandhi Ghat package is good enough to entice one to break free from crowded Kolkata and set off for Barrackpore, around 30 km north from the
heart of the city. Built in 1948 (the year the father of the nation died), the monument on the banks of the river Hooghly and the sprawling garden, Jawahar Kunj ‘ maintained by the state forest department ‘ can offer a day’s respite to city-dwellers. It was inaugurated by Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru.
8. GANDHI MUSEUM BARRACKPORE
Gandhi Smarak Sangrahalayais a museum dedicated to Mahatma Gandhi at the initiative of Gandhi Memorial Trust. The variety of collections at the Museum at Barrackpore provide interesting and highly informative direct research materials regarding the Mahatma. The museum looks for an alternative ideology, in place of those that are pursued still by Governments and countries, through various intellectual exercises like seminars, dialogues or other such programmes and research activities.
9. SADHAK RAMPRASAD SEN VITA
Halisahar is mostly known for being home to saint poet Sadhak Ramprasad Sen, “Ramprasad Vita” was the cottage of Ramprasad, who was a ‘Sakta’sadhak and wrote more than 500 devotional songs, dedicted to mother goddess Maa Kali. The place of his meditation was the Panchamundasana at Panchabati, located at his sadhanpith adjacent to the Ram prasad Vita. Halisahar is also famous for being Rani Rasmani’s birthplace.
10. CLIVE HOUSE (DUM DUM)
The house at Dum Dum was thought to have been acquired by Lord Clive either shortly before the battle of Plassey in 1757 as an operational base, or after his success during negotiations; Dum Dum House, ‘an old property on a mound’, is mentioned several times by contemporary historian Robert Orme (including a sketch diagram from 1756). After that, Clive took over the bungalow and combined the existing Indian architecture with European designs. This is also a famous archaeological site. Recent excavations at this site have unearthed Chinese ceramic porcelain and Burmese ceramic pottery that dates back to the 15th and 16th centuries CE (Current Era). Further studies have revealed the possibility of this area once being used as a transit point for goods sent out or brought in from Chandraketugarh.
11. WARREN HASTING’s HOUSE, BARASAT
A stone tablet was found in the house from where we know that in this house the Governor General of India Warren Hastings lived for a certain amount of time.
This was used to be his country house. After that, it was used as the S.D.O office. The building was in ruins until recently when Archaeological Survey of India(ASI) decided to renovate and conserve it.
12. OLD GOVERNOR HOUSE BARRACKPORE
It was setup as a cantonment of the British East Indian army in 1775. When Marquis Wellesley took over the charge of the Commander-in-Chief in 1801, he decided to make improvements to the area of the cantonment. He built a single storied house for the future Governor Generals of India that is presently known as the Governor General’s House in Barrackpore which was designed by Captain Thomas Anbury in 1813. Wellesley also landscaped the adjacent gardens in the English style and added an aviary, a menagerie and a theatre.
13. HOUSE OF RASTRAGURU SURENDRA NATH BANDOPADHYAY
The house of Surendranath Banerjee (Bandopadhyay) is situated at Monirampur in Barrackpore. Sir Surendranath Banerjee was one of the earliest Indian political leaders who went against the British Raj. Surendranath, known by the title of Rashtraguru (the teacher of the nation) was born in Calcutta (Kolkata). He founded the Indian National Association, one of the earliest Indian political organizations, which inspired the foundation of the Indian National Congress.
14 . NANDA KISHORE TEMPLE, HALISAHAR
The Nandakishore temple built by local landlord Madangopal Roy in 1743, the temple has intricate terracotta panels. The panel above the arched entrance contains an elaborate battle scene from the Ramayan, with an image of Garuda at the centre. The panels on the walls depict several deities, including a multi-headed Shiva sitting on his bull Nandi.
15. HOUSE OF BIBHUTI BHUSHAN BANDOPADHYAY
This is the place where he spent most of his childhood and those memories were
reflected in Pather Panchali.
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