Things to do in Barasat, West Bengal
Barasat is a city and a municipality of North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is the headquarters of Barasat Sadar subdivision.
30 places to visit in and around Barasat, best known first. Tap a place for directions, or let Turkart turn them into a day-by-day plan.
- 1Black Hole of Calcutta
The Black Hole of Calcutta was a dungeon in Fort William, Calcutta, measuring 14 by 18 feet, in which troops of Siraj-ud-Daulah, the Nawab of Bengal, held British prisoners of war on the night of 20 June 1756.
- 2Fort 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.
- 3Marble Palace
Marble Palace is a palatial nineteenth-century mansion in North Kolkata. It is located at 46, Muktaram Babu Street, Kolkata 700007.
- 4Dakshineswar Kali Temple
- 5Indian Museum
- 6Belur Math
- 7Marble 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.
- 8Mother's Wax Museum
Mother's Wax Museum is a wax museum located in Action Area – II of New Town, Kolkata, India on the 5th and 6th floors of the West Bengal Housing Infrastructure Development Corporation building.
- 9Birla Planetarium, Kolkata
- 10Ramakrishna 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.
- 11National Council of Science Museums
National Council of Science Museums is an autonomous scientific organization functioning under the Ministry of Culture, Government of India for science communication through its network of science museums or science centres spread across India.
- 12Annapurna Temple, Titagarh
- 13Kolkata Museum of Modern Art
Kolkata Museum of Modern Art is a proposed art museum to be built in New Town, Kolkata.
- 14Nicco Park
- 15Naval Aircraft Museum
The Naval Aircraft Museum is a military aviation museum located in New Town, Kolkata, India. It is built by the Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority and is exhibiting a Tupolev Tu-142 of Indian Navy.
- 16Birla Industrial & Technological Museum
- 17Baranagar Math
- 18New Town Gate
- 19Fanattic Sports Museum
Fanattic Sports Museum is a sports museum dedicated to various types of sports and is located at Ecospace Business Park in Action Area - II of New Town, Kolkata, India.
- 20Asutosh 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.
- 21Rail Museum, Howrah
- 22Boat Museum, Kolkata
Boat Museum is a public museum dedicated to the history of boats in the Bengal region.
- 23Basri Shah Mosque
- 24Kripamayee Kali Temple
- 25Salt Lake Electronics Complex
- 26State Bank Archives and Museum
- 27Bhot Bagan Moth
- 28Experimenter Gallery
- 29Jamini Roy Museum
- 30Balaram Mandir