North 24 Parganas - 6 Attractions You Must Visit

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About North 24 Parganas

North 24 Parganas is a district in southern West Bengal and also the most populated district in the whole of India. It is the tenth-largest district in the State by area.

Types of Attractions in North 24 Parganas

Activities Around

List of Attractions in North 24 Parganas

Chandraketugarh

Chandraketugarh

Notable Architectures

Old Ruins

Chandraketugarh is an archaeological site located beside the Bidyadhari river. Excavation between 1957-68 revealed relics of several historical periods. Chandraketugarh site and surrounding area could be the place known to ancient Greek and Roman writers as having the same name as the river Ganges

Clive House

Clive House

Man-made Structures- Other

Clive House is a famous historical place. It may unearth a 1300-year old city beneath Kolkata. This is a famous archeological site. The origin of the Clive House, also known as Burra Kothi, still remains a mystery. The house at Dum Dum was thought to have been acquired by Clive either shortly before the battle of Plessey in 1757 as an operational base.

Dakshineswar Kali Temple

Dakshineswar Kali Temple

Hindu Temples

Notable Architectures

Dakshineswar Temple is a famous temple of the Hindu Goddess, Kali, which is located on the eastern embankment of the Hooghly close to Kolkata Built by Rani Rashmoni in the year 1855. The three-storey beautiful temple was made in the traditional Bengali style of Nava-Ratna or nine spires which rises up to a height of 100 feet.

Gandhi Smarak Sangrahalaya (Gandhi Memorial Museum)

This is a museum in memorial of Gandhiji which is properly utilizing all the present-day museological media and having developed a range of galleries depicting facets of Gandhiji’s life and philosophy along with different phases of India’s Freedom Movement. It provides interesting and highly informative direct research materials regarding the personality, thinking and the programs of the Mahatma or about events in his life.

Mangal Pandey Park

Mangal Pandey Park

Outdoors- Other

Parks

This park is made in memorial of Mangal Pandey in the banks of river Ganga in Barrackpore. There is a huge statue of him in the park. this is a very good place to spend the leisure time without any noise or any other disturbs.

Mulajore Kali Bari

Mulajore Kali Bari

Hindu Temples

Man-made Structures- Other

This is an ancient temple that was built in the banks of the Hoogly river. Historically important place. A lot of peoples comes here daily to offer poojas and many tourists also come here to know about this historical place.

Map of attractions in North 24 Parganas

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