Things to do in Baranagar, West Bengal
Baranagar is a city and a municipality in the Kolkata Metropolitan Area of North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority.
30 places to visit in and around Baranagar, best known first. Tap a place for directions, or let Turkart turn them into a day-by-day plan.
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- 1Marble Palace
Marble Palace is a palatial nineteenth-century mansion in North Kolkata. It is located at 46, Muktaram Babu Street, Kolkata 700007.
- 2Marble Palace Zoo
Marble Palace Zoo, which was the first zoo opened in India, also by Raja Rajendra Mullick. It now primarily serves as an aviary, including peacocks, toucans, storks, and cranes.
- 3Fort William, West Bengal
Fort William, officially Vijay Durg, is a fort in Hastings, Calcutta. It was built during the early years of Britain's administration of Bengal.
- 4Ramakrishna Mission Swami Vivekananda's Ancestral House and Cultural Centre
Ramakrishna Mission Swami Vivekananda's Ancestral House and Cultural Centre is a museum and cultural centre. It is located at 105 Vivekananda Road, Kolkata, India.
- 5Boat Museum, Kolkata
Boat Museum is a public museum dedicated to the history of boats in the Bengal region.
- 6Rail Museum, Howrah
The Kolkata Rail Museum, Howrah was established in 2006 to display the history and heritage of railways in the eastern part of India with special focus on Howrah railway station.
- 7Asutosh Museum of Indian Art
Asutosh Museum of Indian Art is an art museum located in the main campus of University of Calcutta on College Street, Kolkata, India, on the first and second floors of the Centenary Building.
- 8State Bank Archives and Museum
The State Bank Archives and Museum is an initiative to document and preserve the history of banking in the Indian subcontinent. The archive and museum opened on 13 May 2007 in the State Bank of India headquarters in Kolkata.
- 9Indian Museum
The Indian Museum is a grand museum in Central Kolkata, West Bengal, India. It is the ninth oldest museum in the world and the oldest, as well as the largest museum in Asia, by size of collection.
- 10Baranagar Math
Baranagar Math or Ramakrishna Math, Baranagar was the first monastery of Ramakrishna Order.
- 11Alambazar Math
Alambazar Math is the second monastery of the Ramakrishna Order established in February 1892, which remained the order's headquarters till February 1898, when it was finally moved to Belur village on the bank of Ganga.
- 12Shree Shyam Mandir Alambazar
Shree Shyam Mandir , Alambazar, is a temple located at 113, Surya Sen Road, Alambazar, in the Baranagar area of North Kolkata, West Bengal.Shree Shyam Mandir Alambazar is known as "Kolkata ka Khatudham".
- 13Belur Math
- 14Dakshineswar Kali Temple
- 15Kripamayee Kali Temple
- 16Bhot Bagan Moth
- 17Basri Shah Mosque
- 18Balaram Mandir
- 19Calcutta Jain Temple
- 20Thanthania Kalibari
- 21Pratap Chandra Memorial Homoeopathic Hospital & College
- 22Armenian Church of the Holy Nazareth
- 23Holy Rosary Cathedral, Kolkata
- 24Nakhoda Mosque
- 25Lal Dighi, Kolkata
- 26St. John's Church, Kolkata
- 27Tipu Sultan Mosque
- 28Subhas Sarobar
- 29Panioty Fountain
- 30Shaheed Minar, Kolkata