Things to do in Santoshpur
Santoshpur is a census town in Thakurpukur Maheshtala CD Block of Alipore Sadar subdivision in South 24 Pargana district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
30 places to visit in and around Santoshpur, best known first. Tap a place for directions, or let Turkart turn them into a day-by-day plan.
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- 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.
- 2Sabarna Sangrahashala
Sabarna Roy Choudhury was a Zamindar family of Mughal Bengal. They controlled significant swathes of territory, including what would later become Kolkata, prior to the sale of zamindari rights in 1698 to the East India Company.
- 3Kalighat Temple
- 4Victoria Memorial, Kolkata
- 5Alipore Central Jail
The Alipore Jail or Alipore Central Jail, also known as Presidency Correctional Home, is a defunct Indian prison in Alipore, Kolkata, where political prisoners were kept under British rule. It also housed the Alipore Jail Press.
- 6Birla Planetarium, Kolkata
The Birla Planetarium in Kolkata, West Bengal, India, is a single-storeyed circular structure designed in the typical Indian style, whose architecture is loosely styled on the Buddhist Stupa at Sanchi.
- 7St. Paul's Cathedral, Kolkata
- 8Chintamoni Kar Bird Sanctuary
Chintamoni Kar Bird Sanctuary, formerly known as Kayaler Bagan, is a bird sanctuary located in West Bengal, India, south of Kolkata. This garden is famous for its wide variety of birds, butterflies, ferns and orchids.
- 9Zoological Garden, Alipore
The Zoological Garden, Alipore is India's oldest formally stated zoological park and a big tourist attraction in Kolkata, West Bengal. It has been open as a zoo since 1876, and covers 18.811 ha.
- 10Birla Industrial & Technological Museum
Birla Industrial & Technological Museum is a science museum in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. It is a unit under National Council of Science Museums, Ministry of Culture, Government of India.
- 11Gurusaday Museum
The Gurusaday Museum is a folk arts and crafts museum located in Kolkata, India.
- 12State Archaeological Museum
State Archaeological Museum, West Bengal in Kolkata, West Bengal, is an archeological museum founded in 1962 and has collections including rare tools of the Early, Middle and the Late Stone Ages from Susunia and other sites, proto-historic antiquities from…
- 13Rabindra Sarobar
- 14Birla Mandir, Kolkata
- 15Tipu Sultan Mosque
- 16St. John's Church, Kolkata
- 17Narendrapur Wildlife Sanctuary
Narendrapur Wildlife Sanctuary in South 24 Parganas District, West Bengal is an Orchard Plantation and constitutes only 17 acres and is rich in smaller birds, specially paradise flycatcher, oriole, etc.
- 18Achipur Chinese Temple
Achipur Chinese Temple is a historic Chinese temple complex situiated at Achipur, in South 24 Parganas district of the Indian state of West Bengal. It is considered as one of the oldest surviving Chinese religious sites in India.
- 19Nakhoda Mosque
- 20Lake Kalibari
- 21Babu Ghat
- 22Radhakanta Temple, Chetla
- 23Asutosh 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.
- 24Armenian Church of the Holy Nazareth
- 25Pathrakaliamman Temple
- 26Tipu Sultan Masjid Tollygunge
- 27St. James' Church, Kolkata
- 28Old Mission Church, Kolkata
- 29Shakuntala Park
- 30Hastings Chapel, Kolkata