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File:Radha krishna deity shree shyam mandir alambazar.jpeg

2026-09-27T17:48:30Z

Lucaschahill: Lucaschahill uploaded a new version of File:Radha krishna deity shree shyam mandir alambazar.jpeg

== Summary ==
Radha krishna's decorated shrine in the Shree Shyam Mandir Alambazar Temple

Shree Shyam Mandir, Alambazar

2026-09-27T17:22:24Z

Lucaschahill: Added Aarti schedule based on the temple’s published information

{{Infobox mandir|name=Shree Shyam Mandir Alambazar|deity=Shyam Baba|location=Baranagar|district=North 24 Parganas|state=West Bengal|creator=Alambazar Shree Shyam Dhwaja Mandal|website=https://shreeshyammandiralambazar.org/|country=India|image=Shree Shyam Mandir Alambazar.jpeg|coordinates={{coord|22.64881|N|88.36330|E|display=inline,title}}|map_type=India|map_caption=Shree Shyam Mandir Alambazar}}

Shree Shyam Mandir, Alambazar, popularly known among devotees as "Kolkata's Khatu Dham," , is a [[Hindu temple]] located at 113, Surya Sen Road, Alambazar, in the [[Baranagar]] area of [[North Kolkata]], [[West Bengal]], India.<ref>https://www.songoti.in/2026/08/kolkata-ka-khatu-dham-shree-shyam.html#google_vignette</ref> The temple is primarily dedicated to Khatu Shyam Baba—a form of [[Barbarika|Barbarik]] revered widely across North India—and also houses shrines dedicated to Radha Krishna, Hanuman Ji, and the Shiva family.<ref>https://khatuwalebaba.in/shree-shyam-mandir-alambazar/

</ref>

== History ==
Khatu Shyam Baba is worshipped in [[Rajasthan]] and across India, especially among Marwari and Rajasthani diaspora communities who established regional shrines to facilitate regular worship outside the primary shrine at Khatu town in [[Sikar]] district, Rajasthan. Shree Shyam Mandir Alambazar was founded as part of this tradition. The initiative to construct the temple was led by Shri Govind Murari Agarwal, a devotee originally from Garoda village in Sikar district, Rajasthan, who later settled in Alambazar.<ref name=":0">https://www.samagya.in/article.html?slug=shree-shyam-mandir-alambazar</ref> The Bhoomi Pujan took place on 16 May 2010, and structural work began on Akshaya Tritiya in 2013. The temple was crafted using Makrana marble by artisans from Rajasthan, adopting traditional Rajasthani architectural carving styles.<ref>https://temple.yatradham.org/temple/shree-shyam-mandir-alambazar-kolkata</ref>

The building was completed by early 2020,when by the divine grace of Shyam baba his sacred presence was ceremoniously shifted to the first-floor sanctum sanctorum, in a spiritually sublime ceremony filled with prayers ,devotion, and heartfelt reverence of thousands of devotees and reported to be adorned with silver fittings.<ref>https://shreeshyammandiralambazar.org/about-the-temple-english/</ref>

Former Governor of West Bengal, Shri [[Jagdeep Dhankhar]], visited the temple following its inauguration in 2020 and again during the Falgun Mela in 2021.The [[Chief minister|Chief Minister]] of [[Rajasthan]], Shri [[Bhajan Lal Sharma]], visited the temple on 18 April 2026 to offer prayers.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shree_Shyam_Mandir_Alambazar</ref>

== Other Deities ==
The main sanctum of the temple houses the shrine of Baba Shyam,along with shrines dedicated to Radha and Krishna Ji Hanuman Ji, and the Shiva family.<gallery mode="nolines" widths="200" heights="200">
File:Shree Shyam Mandir Alambazar2.jpeg|'''Shyam Baba'''
File:Hanuman deity shree shyam mandir alambazar.jpeg|'''Hanuman Ji'''
File:Shiva family shree shyam mandir alambazar.jpeg|'''''Shiva Family'''''
File:Radha krishna deity shree shyam mandir alambazar.jpeg|'''''Radha Krishna'''''
</gallery>

== Social Activity ==
The temple trust conducts several charitable and social initiatives:

* Blood donation camps.
* Free general health check-up and eye check-up camps.
* Seasonal blanket distribution drives.
* Daily twice community meal distribution(Bhandara).<ref>https://www.jagran.com/west-bengal/kolkata-kolkatas-khatudham-shri-shyam-mandir-alambazar-faith-service-40342619.html</ref>

== Temple timings ==
Shree Shyam Mandir Alambazar is open daily from 6:00 am to 1:00 pm and 4:00 pm to 10:00 pm.<ref>https://shreeshyammandiralambazar.org/temple-timings/</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|+Aarti Timings
! Aartis !! Time
|-
| Mangla Aarti || 6:15 AM
|-
| Shringar Aarti || 9:00 AM
|-
| Bhog Aarti || 11:45 AM
|-
| Ekadashi Kirtan (every Ekadashi) || 5:30 PM onwards
|-
| Sandhya Aarti || 6:15 PM
|-
| Shayan Aarti || 8:45 PM
|}

== Special Observance ==
[[Ekadashi]]: Ekadashi Kirtan is organized from 5:30 PM onward on every Ekadashi.

Baras (Dwadashi): The temple remains open continuously throughout the day without the afternoon closure. Baras Jyot is held from 8:00 AM to 10:00 AM.

Major Festivals: The temple observes Krishna Janmashtami, Shree Shyam Janmotsav, and the annual Shree Shyam Falgun Utsav. The Phoolon ki Holi (flower Holi) is among the most widely attended celebrations. <ref name=":0" />

Falgun Mela: The three-day annual festival includes the Shri Shyam Akhand Jyoti Path and a ceremonial Nishan Yatra .<ref>https://www.patrika.com/kolkata-news/shree-shayam-temple-marks-the-offerings-made-by-devotees-from-4225974?utm_source=chatgpt.com</ref>

== References ==
<references />

Shree Shyam Mandir, Alambazar

2026-09-27T16:57:10Z

Lucaschahill: Updated the infobox and added photographs of deities at the temple.

{{Infobox mandir|name=Shree Shyam Mandir Alambazar|deity=Shyam Baba|location=Baranagar|district=North 24 Parganas|state=West Bengal|creator=Alambazar Shree Shyam Dhwaja Mandal|website=https://shreeshyammandiralambazar.org/|country=India|image=Shree Shyam Mandir Alambazar.jpeg|coordinates={{coord|22.64881|N|88.36330|E|display=inline,title}}|map_type=India|map_caption=Shree Shyam Mandir Alambazar}}

Shree Shyam Mandir, Alambazar, popularly known among devotees as "Kolkata's Khatu Dham," , is a [[Hindu temple]] located at 113, Surya Sen Road, Alambazar, in the [[Baranagar]] area of [[North Kolkata]], [[West Bengal]], India.<ref>https://www.songoti.in/2026/08/kolkata-ka-khatu-dham-shree-shyam.html#google_vignette</ref> The temple is primarily dedicated to Khatu Shyam Baba—a form of [[Barbarika|Barbarik]] revered widely across North India—and also houses shrines dedicated to Radha Krishna, Hanuman Ji, and the Shiva family.<ref>https://khatuwalebaba.in/shree-shyam-mandir-alambazar/

</ref>

== History ==
Khatu Shyam Baba is worshipped in [[Rajasthan]] and across India, especially among Marwari and Rajasthani diaspora communities who established regional shrines to facilitate regular worship outside the primary shrine at Khatu town in [[Sikar]] district, Rajasthan. Shree Shyam Mandir Alambazar was founded as part of this tradition. The initiative to construct the temple was led by Shri Govind Murari Agarwal, a devotee originally from Garoda village in Sikar district, Rajasthan, who later settled in Alambazar.<ref name=":0">https://www.samagya.in/article.html?slug=shree-shyam-mandir-alambazar</ref> The Bhoomi Pujan took place on 16 May 2010, and structural work began on Akshaya Tritiya in 2013. The temple was crafted using Makrana marble by artisans from Rajasthan, adopting traditional Rajasthani architectural carving styles.<ref>https://temple.yatradham.org/temple/shree-shyam-mandir-alambazar-kolkata</ref>

The building was completed by early 2020,when by the divine grace of Shyam baba his sacred presence was ceremoniously shifted to the first-floor sanctum sanctorum, in a spiritually sublime ceremony filled with prayers ,devotion, and heartfelt reverence of thousands of devotees and reported to be adorned with silver fittings.<ref>https://shreeshyammandiralambazar.org/about-the-temple-english/</ref>

Former Governor of West Bengal, Shri [[Jagdeep Dhankhar]], visited the temple following its inauguration in 2020 and again during the Falgun Mela in 2021.The [[Chief minister|Chief Minister]] of [[Rajasthan]], Shri [[Bhajan Lal Sharma]], visited the temple on 18 April 2026 to offer prayers.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shree_Shyam_Mandir_Alambazar</ref>

== Other Deities ==
The main sanctum of the temple houses the shrine of Baba Shyam,along with shrines dedicated to Radha and Krishna Ji Hanuman Ji, and the Shiva family.<gallery mode="nolines" widths="200" heights="200">
File:Shree Shyam Mandir Alambazar2.jpeg|'''Shyam Baba'''
File:Hanuman deity shree shyam mandir alambazar.jpeg|'''Hanuman Ji'''
File:Shiva family shree shyam mandir alambazar.jpeg|'''''Shiva Family'''''
File:Radha krishna deity shree shyam mandir alambazar.jpeg|'''''Radha Krishna'''''
</gallery>

== Social Activity ==
The temple trust conducts several charitable and social initiatives:

* Blood donation camps.
* Free general health check-up and eye check-up camps.
* Seasonal blanket distribution drives.
* Daily twice community meal distribution(Bhandara).<ref>https://www.jagran.com/west-bengal/kolkata-kolkatas-khatudham-shri-shyam-mandir-alambazar-faith-service-40342619.html</ref>

== Temple timings ==
Shree Shyam Mandir Alambazar is open daily from 6:00 am to 1:00 pm and 4:00 pm to 10:00 pm.<ref>https://shreeshyammandiralambazar.org/temple-timings/</ref>

== Special Observance ==
[[Ekadashi]]: Ekadashi Kirtan is organized from 5:30 PM onward on every Ekadashi.

Baras (Dwadashi): The temple remains open continuously throughout the day without the afternoon closure. Baras Jyot is held from 8:00 AM to 10:00 AM.

Major Festivals: The temple observes Krishna Janmashtami, Shree Shyam Janmotsav, and the annual Shree Shyam Falgun Utsav. The Phoolon ki Holi (flower Holi) is among the most widely attended celebrations. <ref name=":0" />

Falgun Mela: The three-day annual festival includes the Shri Shyam Akhand Jyoti Path and a ceremonial Nishan Yatra .<ref>https://www.patrika.com/kolkata-news/shree-shayam-temple-marks-the-offerings-made-by-devotees-from-4225974?utm_source=chatgpt.com</ref>

== References ==
<references />

File:Shiva family shree shyam mandir alambazar.jpeg

2026-09-27T16:44:46Z

Lucaschahill: Uploaded a photograph of the Shiva family shrine at Shree Shyam Mandir Alambazar for illustrative purposes.

== Summary ==
Uploaded a photograph of the Shiva family shrine at Shree Shyam Mandir Alambazar for illustrative purposes.

Shree Shyam Mandir, Alambazar

2026-09-22T17:30:02Z

Lucaschahill: Created article about Shree Shyam Mandir Alambazar based on published sources.

Shree Shyam Mandir, Alambazar, popularly known among devotees as "Kolkata's Khatu Dham," , is a [[Hindu temple]] located at 113, Surya Sen Road, Alambazar, in the [[Baranagar]] area of [[North Kolkata]], [[West Bengal]], India.<ref>https://www.songoti.in/2026/08/kolkata-ka-khatu-dham-shree-shyam.html#google_vignette</ref> The temple is primarily dedicated to Khatu Shyam Baba—a form of [[Barbarika|Barbarik]] revered widely across North India—and also houses shrines dedicated to Radha Krishna, Hanuman Ji, and the Shiva family.<ref>https://khatuwalebaba.in/shree-shyam-mandir-alambazar/

</ref>

{{Infobox mandir|name=Shree Shyam Mandir Alambazar|deity=Shyam Baba|location=Baranagar|district=North 24 Parganas|state=West Bengal|creator=Alambazar Shree Shyam Dhwaja Mandal|website=https://shreeshyammandiralambazar.org/|country=India|image=Shree Shyam Mandir Alambazar.jpeg|coordinates={{coord|22.64881|N|88.36330|E|display=inline,title}}|map_type=India}}

== History ==
Khatu Shyam Baba is worshipped in [[Rajasthan]] and across India, especially among Marwari and Rajasthani diaspora communities who established regional shrines to facilitate regular worship outside the primary shrine at Khatu town in [[Sikar]] district, Rajasthan. Shree Shyam Mandir Alambazar was founded as part of this tradition. The initiative to construct the temple was led by Shri Govind Murari Agarwal, a devotee originally from Garoda village in Sikar district, Rajasthan, who later settled in Alambazar.<ref name=":0">https://www.samagya.in/article.html?slug=shree-shyam-mandir-alambazar</ref> The Bhoomi Pujan took place on 16 May 2010, and structural work began on Akshaya Tritiya in 2013. The temple was crafted using Makrana marble by artisans from Rajasthan, adopting traditional Rajasthani architectural carving styles.<ref>https://temple.yatradham.org/temple/shree-shyam-mandir-alambazar-kolkata</ref>

The building was completed by early 2020,when by the divine grace of Shyam baba his sacred presence was ceremoniously shifted to the first-floor sanctum sanctorum, in a spiritually sublime ceremony filled with prayers ,devotion, and heartfelt reverence of thousands of devotees and reported to be adorned with silver fittings.<ref>https://shreeshyammandiralambazar.org/about-the-temple-english/</ref>

Former Governor of West Bengal, Shri [[Jagdeep Dhankhar]], visited the temple following its inauguration in 2020 and again during the Falgun Mela in 2021.The [[Chief minister|Chief Minister]] of [[Rajasthan]], Shri [[Bhajan Lal Sharma]], visited the temple on 18 April 2026 to offer prayers.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shree_Shyam_Mandir_Alambazar</ref>

== Other Deities ==
The main sanctum of the temple houses the shrine of Baba Shyam,along with shrines dedicated to Radha and Krishna Ji Hanuman Ji, and the Shiva family.<gallery mode="nolines" widths="200" heights="200">
File:Shree Shyam Mandir Alambazar2.jpeg|'''Shyam Baba'''
File:Hanuman deity shree shyam mandir alambazar.jpeg|'''Hanuman Ji'''
</gallery>

== Social Activity ==
The temple trust conducts several charitable and social initiatives:

* Blood donation camps.
* Free general health check-up and eye check-up camps.
* Seasonal blanket distribution drives.
* Daily twice community meal distribution(Bhandara).<ref>https://www.jagran.com/west-bengal/kolkata-kolkatas-khatudham-shri-shyam-mandir-alambazar-faith-service-40342619.html</ref>

== Temple timings ==
Shree Shyam Mandir Alambazar is open daily from 6:00 am to 1:00 pm and 4:00 pm to 10:00 pm.<ref>https://shreeshyammandiralambazar.org/temple-timings/</ref>

== Special Observance ==
[[Ekadashi]]: Ekadashi Kirtan is organized from 5:30 PM onward on every Ekadashi.

Baras (Dwadashi): The temple remains open continuously throughout the day without the afternoon closure. Baras Jyot is held from 8:00 AM to 10:00 AM.

Major Festivals: The temple observes Krishna Janmashtami, Shree Shyam Janmotsav, and the annual Shree Shyam Falgun Utsav. The Phoolon ki Holi (flower Holi) is among the most widely attended celebrations. <ref name=":0" />

Falgun Mela: The three-day annual festival includes the Shri Shyam Akhand Jyoti Path and a ceremonial Nishan Yatra .<ref>https://www.patrika.com/kolkata-news/shree-shayam-temple-marks-the-offerings-made-by-devotees-from-4225974?utm_source=chatgpt.com</ref>

== References ==
<references />

File:Radha krishna deity shree shyam mandir alambazar.jpeg

2026-09-22T17:25:02Z

Lucaschahill: Radha krishna's decorated shrine in the Shree Shyam Mandir Alambazar Temple

== Summary ==
Radha krishna's decorated shrine in the Shree Shyam Mandir Alambazar Temple

Savoy Hotel, Mussoorie

2026-09-17T18:01:38Z

Lucaschahill: improved grammar, removed repetition, corrected sentence structure

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'''The Savoy''', is a historic [[luxury hotel]] in the [[hill station]], [[Mussoorie]], in the Indian state of [[Uttarakhand]].The hotel is owned by [[ITC Hotels]]. Established in 1902, built in [[English Gothic architecture]] style mostly in wood, the hotel is spread over {{convert|11|acre|m2}} with 50 rooms at present, and overlooks the [[Himalayas]]. After the railway reached Dehradun in 1900, Mussoorie became more popular, and was the chief summer resort for European residents of the [[British Raj]], from the plains of the [[United Provinces of Agra and Oudh|United Provinces]].<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle=Mussoorie |volume=19 |page=97}}</ref> Its bar, known as the 'Writer's Bar' remained famous for many decades after the independence of India in 1947.<ref>''[[Los Angeles Times]]''. Los Angeles, Calif. by Tim Sullivan. 11 May 2003. The World; Reincarnation for One India Hill Station; Mussoorie in the Himalayan foothills, once a destination for British colonials, is finding favor with the emerging middle class.page: A.5</ref>

At its height during the British Raj, according to a recent reviewer, "when the town itself was known as "the pleasure capital of the Raj", the Savoy Hotel was the place either to stay (if you could afford it) or to be seen (if you couldn't)".<ref>[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/asia/india/741090/High-living-at-the-hill-station.html High living at the hill station: An ambitious rescue plan is underway for what was once the pleasure capital of the Raj, says Stephen McClarence.] [[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]], 12 May 2007.</ref>

Although the hotel gradually fell into disrepair and dwindling fortune after the 1960s, as newer hotels started flourishing in the town, and there were fewer Raj nostalgia travellers, it saw its fortunes revived after 2000 and it was bought by the [[ITC Hotels]] in 2009.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2002/aug/18/india.observerescapesection?page=3 Lost days of the Raj] [[The Guardian]], 18 August 2002 ''page 3''.</ref> Subsequently, the interiors of Savoy Mussoorie were designed by [https://fabinteriors.com/portfolio/savoy-mussoorie/ Fabinteriors] in the year 2013 which gave it further recognition among the new generation travellers.

==History==
The first hotel to be opened in Mussoorie was built in 1838. (Fanny Eden, sister of the Governor-General Lord Auckland, wrote in her journal of 17 March 1838 "There is a large hotel just built on a hill here, and slate billiard tables in it. It is impossible in this book to attempt a sketch of the mountains but if you were to see where we are and upon what we are looking down, you would wonder how hotels and slate billiard tables get here. All the materials for building them are brought from the plain." From ''Tigers, Durbars and Kings; Fanny Eden's Indian Journals'' transcribed and edited by Janet Dunbar, John Murray, London 1988). The "Charles Ville" hotel was built in 1861.<ref>''Indian railways''. India Railway Board. Published 1989. ''Page 30''.</ref> Cecil D. Lincoln, the Irishman who was a barrister in [[Lucknow]], acquired the estate of "Rev. Maddock’s Mussoorie School" around 1895. He built the Savoy during the next five years, after razing the school to ground. As the road up from Dehradun wasn't ready yet, massive amount of Edwardian furniture, grand pianos, billiard-tables, barrels of cider, crates of champagne and other materials were all carried uphill by bullock cart, this also included the oak pieces that were later joined to make its dining hall floor that is renowned for its size.<ref name=triu/>

The Savoy opened in the summer of 1902 and rivalled [[The Cecil]] at [[Shimla|Simla]] and The Carlton at [[Lucknow]]. It soon became popular amongst the British upper echelons of the Raj, such as the civil servants and military officers who wanted to avoid the stiff official environment of Simla, the summer capital. It became the 'pleasure capital' of the Raj. In March 1906, the [[Princess of Wales]] (later [[Mary of Teck|Queen Mary]]) stayed here and attended a garden party on the Savoy grounds, the place is known as the Beer Garden. Soon after her departure, the town was hit by an earthquake, and many buildings were flattened, the hotel also experienced some damage and was closed temporarily, though it was reopened in 1907 after repairs. Electricity reached Mussoorie in 1909, adding to the convenience of its hotels.

After World War I, the first car came to the hill station in 1920, and the hotel entered its most popular phase, as it boasted a large imperial dining room and the ballroom which was the talk of the town in its hey day.<ref>''The Heritage''. Chandamama Publications, 1989. v. 5, no. 4. ''Page 18-19''.</ref> Maharajas and chieftains from the plains below stayed here and several maintained suites here, wealthy princes occupied entire wings with their retinues, as did various Kings of [[Nepal]], [[Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia|Haile Selassie]], Emperor of [[Ethiopia]],<ref>''Quest for Kim: In Search of Kipling's Great Game'', by [[Peter Hopkirk]]. University of Michigan Press, 1999. {{ISBN|0-472-08634-0}}. ''Page 232''</ref> the Crown Prince of [[Laos]], and Nobel Prize winner [[Pearl S. Buck]].<ref name=triu>[http://www.tribuneindia.com/2003/20030614/windows/site.htm Encountering a ‘-----’ in Hotel Savoy] by Anand Jha, [[The Tribune (Chandigarh)|The Tribune]], 14 June 2003.</ref><ref>[http://www.rediff.com/getahead/2007/apr/26sld4.htm The Queen of Hill Stations] [[Rediff.com]].</ref> The first-floor of the Public Library nearby, served as the Savoy Restaurant for many years. The Savoy orchestra played each night at the ballroom, filled with couples doing [[Foxtrot|fox-trot]], the latest dancing craze in those days.<ref>''Beautiful Garhwal: heaven in Himalayas'', by [[Ruskin Bond]], EBD Educational, 1988. ''Page 27''.</ref> Visiting Mussoorie in 1926, the famous traveller, [[Lowell Thomas]], wrote, "There is a hotel in Mussoorie (Savoy), where they ring a bell just before dawn so that the pious may say their prayers and the impious get back to their own beds."<ref>[http://www.indiaprofile.com/heritage/savoy-mussoorie.htm Savoy legacy]</ref>

Over the years it has been visited by several dignitaries including [[Jawahar Lal Nehru]], on several occasions, notably in May 1920, when he stayed here with his ailing mother, wife and his infant daughter, [[Indira Gandhi|Indira]]; incidentally Afghan envoys who were negotiating a peace deal with the British at the time, after the recent war were also staying at the hotel.<ref>''Mussoorie and Landour: days of wine and roses'', by [[Ruskin Bond]], Ganesh Saili. Lustre Press Pvt. Ltd., 1992. ''Page 245''.</ref> Later as [[Prime Minister of India]] in 1959, he addressed the Travel Agents Association of India, at the hotel.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20110201062047/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,892491,00.html The Adventurous Life] [[TIME]], 4 May 1959.</ref><ref>''Selected works of Jawaharlal Nehru'', Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Fund, Editor: Sarvepalli Gopal. Orient Longman, 1972. ''Page 160''</ref><ref>''Jawaharlal Nehru, an autobiography: with musings on recent events in India'', by [[Jawaharlal Nehru]]. Publisher: The Bodley Head, 1955. ''Page 50''.</ref> After independence, the [[14th Dalai Lama|Dalai Lama]] gave a public audience every Thursday, at the hotel during his temporary residence at Mussoorie following his exile from [[Tibet]], in 1959.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=EM6utB1RiR8C&pg=PA250&dq=savoy+hotel+mussoorie&lr= Savoy] ''Tibet is my country'', by [[Thubten Jigme Norbu]], [[Heinrich Harrer]]. Wisdom Publications, 1986. {{ISBN|0-86171-045-2}}. ''Page 250''. His temporary residence was the Birla House, Mussoorie'</ref>

At one point it was run by the Italian hoteliers, Messrs Viglietta and Palazzi, who also ran the Carlton at [[Lucknow]], and later leased the Majestic Hotel in [[Bombay]].<ref>''Fort Walks: Around Bombay's Fort Area'', by Sharada Dwivedi, Rahul Mehrotra. Publisher: Eminence Designs, 1999. {{ISBN|81-900602-3-6}}. ''Page 57''.</ref> After that it changed hands many time, first taken over by Kripa Ram Jauhar in 1946, followed by his son Anand Kumar Jauhar in the 1960s, it changed hands again in 2005 when it went to R P Singh, a [[Kanpur]]-based industrialist. In July 2009, it was acquired by India's second largest hotel chain, [[ITC Hotels]]'s wholly owned subsidiary Fortune Hotels from Hotels Control Pvt Ltd, its previous owners. Presently the hotel is under restoration, by the famed Interior Designer Sarbjit Singh of Fab Interiors and 50 rooms are expected to be operational by the end of 2010, along with the ''Writer's Bar'', a restaurant and banqueting facilities.<ref>[http://www.hospitalitybizindia.com/detailNews.aspx?aid=5406&sid=1 Fortune signs up Savoy Hotel in Mussoorie] hospitalitybizindia.com, , 1 July 2009."Fortune now has 54 hotels with 4446 rooms in 41 cities across India."</ref>

In April 2001, the hotel hosted its first writer's retreat, followed by another one in 2002, which included writers, academics, film-makers and people from other walks of life.<ref>[http://www.hinduonnet.com/2001/06/03/stories/1303067q.htm Taking a break] [[The Hindu]], 3 June 2001.</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20030624054656/http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/mp/2002/12/05/stories/2002120500390100.htm Meeting of the minds..] [[The Hindu]], 5 December 2002.</ref>

==Transport==
Savoy Hotel is around 32 km from the nearest railhead, [[Dehradun]] Railway Station and 55 km from [[Jolly Grant Airport]]. Mussoorie Bus Station is the nearest bus terminal.

==In popular culture==
In 1911, a Miss Frances Garnett-Orme, a 49-year-old spiritualist, came to stay with her companion from [[Lucknow]], Miss Eva Mountstephen, also a spiritualist who specialised in seances and crystal-gazing. One morning after Miss Mountstephen had returned to Lucknow, Miss Frances was found mysteriously dead, an autopsy revealed that she had been poisoned with [[prussic acid]], a cyanide-based poison. The murder was never solved and her doctor was also found dead a few months later, of [[strychnine poisoning]]. Miss Mounstephen was later arrested for allegedly tampering with her friend's bottle of sodium bicarbonate by adding prussic acid to it, though the court found her not guilty. The case later inspired two works, [[Agatha Christie]]'s first novel, ''[[The Mysterious Affair at Styles]]'' (1920) and also writer [[Ruskin Bond]]'s ''In A Crystal Ball – A Mussoorie Mystery''.

Apparently, [[Rudyard Kipling]] had written to [[Arthur Conan Doyle]], urging him to write a story about a "murder by suggestion". Though Conan Doyle never visited to investigate, he mentioned it to Agatha Christie and the detective story ''The Mysterious Affair at Styles'' was the result.<ref name=triu/><ref>[http://www.telegraphindia.com/1040425/asp/look/story_3164476.asp Murder at the Savoy] [[The Telegraph (Kolkata)|The Telegraph]], 25 April 2004.</ref><ref>[http://www.freeweb.hu/gergoe/savoytxt.htm Savoy Hotel], by [[Ruskin Bond]], 1986.</ref><ref>[http://www.rediff.com/cms/print.jsp?docpath=//money/2006/may/20spec.htm These hotels have a story to tell] by Sangeeta Singh & Ravi Teja Sharma, BS, [[Rediff.com]], 20 May 2006.</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20121105033605/http://www.hindu.com/mag/2006/09/17/stories/2006091700470800.htm Where the past still lives ... Conan Doyle mentioned it to Agatha Christie and the thriller The Mysterious Affair at Styles was the result. ] [[The Hindu]], 17 September 2006.</ref><ref>[https://archive.today/20120911043757/http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS158263+15-Oct-2008+BW20081015 Savoy Hotel (India)] [[Reuters]], 15 October 2008."..the Savoy is famous as the inspiration of Agatha Christie's first novel The Mysterious Affair at Styles"</ref>

==Further reading==
* ''Resorts of the raj: hill stations of India'', by Vikram Bhatt. Grantha Corp., 1998. {{ISBN|0-944142-98-2}}.
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20021101210311/http://www.freeweb.hu/gergoe/savoytxt.htm Savoy Hotel], by [[Ruskin Bond]], 1986.
* ''The Rupa Book of True Tales of Mystery and Adventure'', by [[Ruskin Bond]], Rupa & Co., 2003. {{ISBN|81-291-0107-6}}. ''Chapter 8: In a Crystal Ball: A Mussoorie Mystery.''
* ''The Great Hill Stations of Asia'', by [[Barbara Crossette]], Westview Press, 1998. {{ISBN|0-8133-3326-1}}. ''Chapter 3: An Indian Sextet.''

==References==
{{Reflist|33em}}

==External links==
* [http://www.indiaprofile.com/heritage/]
* [http://anandjha.com/features-Mussourie.html The Ghost & Agatha Christie: Expression India]

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[[Category:Tourism in Uttarakhand]]
[[Category:Mussoorie]]
[[Category:Gothic Revival architecture in India]]

Wanglam Sawin

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'''Wanglam Sawin''' is an [[India]]n politician from the state of [[Arunachal Pradesh]].<ref name="CEO Arunachal"/>

Sawin was elected from Khonsa East seat in the [[2014 Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]], standing as a [[People's Party of Arunachal]] candidate.<ref name="CEO Arunachal">CEO Arunachal Pradesh. ''[http://ceoarunachal.nic.in/Election/AELN2014/LISTOFCONTESTINGAELN14.pdf List of contesting candidates]''</ref><ref>''Assam Tribune''. ''[http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/detailsnew.asp?id=mar2814/oth05 Congress wins 11 seats unopposed in Arunachal]''</ref><ref>{{ cite web |title=Election results |publisher=Election Commission of India, New Delhi |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/electionanalysis/AE/S02/partycomp11.htm | access-date = 7 November 2016 }}</ref> He is a retired teacher.

He resigned from the post of MLA on 20 September 2016.

==See also==
*[[Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://nocorruption.in/politician/wanglam-sawin/ Wanglam Sawin profile]
*[http://myneta.info/arunachal2014/candidate.php?candidate_id=15 MyNeta Profile]
*[http://www.janpratinidhi.com/wanglamsawin-po19381.aspx Janpratinidhi Profile]

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[[Category:Arunachal Pradesh MLAs 2014–2019]]
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Ghasipura, Uttar Pradesh

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Ghasipura (derived from 'Ghasi-', the first name of the founder, and '[[Pur (Vedic)|pura]]-', the [[Sanskrit]] word for city, castle or fortress) is a village in the [[Muzaffarnagar district]] of [[Uttar Pradesh]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://muzaffarnagar.nic.in/village-panchayats/|title=Village and Panchayats {{!}} Official Website of Muzaffarnagar|website=muzaffarnagar.nic.in|language=en-US|access-date=2018-09-16}}</ref> It is located on [[NH 58]] between [[Muzaffarnagar]] (13 km) and [[Meerut]] (44 km) and is almost equidistant from [[New Delhi]] (115 km) and [[Dehradun]] (133 km).
== History ==
While the exact date of the village's establishment is unknown, it is estimated that the village was founded in the 19th century after Chaudhri Ghasiram Singh, ''“the chief landholder in the district [of [[Muzaffarnagar district|Muzaffarnagar]]]"'', established a fort here.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://muzaffarnagar.nic.in/CHAPTER%20III.HTM#JAT|title=Muzaffarnagar Jats}}</ref> Chaudhri Ghasiram Singh belonged to one of the most prominent families in [[Western Uttar Pradesh]] — the [[Maulaheri Jats]] (Panwar [[gotra]]).

It is said that the fort was built for better administration of the area, as during the monsoon it was difficult for people on horses and elephants to cross the [https://www.google.com/maps/place/Kaali+River/@29.2809527,77.4676639,11z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x390c3f92c04fbaef:0x9fad6cb012247d04!8m2!3d29.2859404!4d77.6093423 Kaali river] that flowed between present day Ghasipura and Chaudhri Ghasiram Singh's primary residence, [[Maulaheri Jats|Maulaheri]] Palace. The original fort, which largely remains dilapidated, featured one gateway, five [[Haveli|havelis]] and four [[watchtower]]s (''burj'') built according to [[Indian Architecture|Indian architecture]]. Descendants of Chaudhri Ghasiram Singh continue to reside in Ghasipura and other parts of the [[Muzaffarnagar district|Muzaffarnagar]] region.[[File:Ghasipura Fort.png|thumb|Aerial view of the Ghasipura Fort demarcating the original boundary.|279x279px]]
== In news and media ==
Ghasipura came in the news around the [[2013 Muzaffarnagar riots]] when the [[hindu]] and [[muslim]] residents of the village set an example of maintaining peace during the unrest.<ref>{{Citation|last=ABP NEWS|title=News Positive: Ghasipura village gives example of communal harmony|date=2013-09-11|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9atwYcD4uTk|access-date=2018-09-16}}</ref>

The village has also been covered in the local news for the annual [[fair]] ([[mela]]) hosted in the month of October. The [[fair]] also includes a wrestling ([[Pehlwani|kushti]]) competition where wrestlers, including women wrestlers like [[Divya Kakran]], from around [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[Haryana]] and [[New Delhi]] compete.<ref>{{Citation|last=KUSHTIWRESTLING Live TV|title=Divya Sain plays big :- Ghasipura Dangal, District Mujaffar Nagar , Uttar Pardesh|date=2013-08-25|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_r6H_1H2oGU|access-date=2018-09-16}}</ref>

== References ==

{{reflist}}

[[Category:Villages in Muzaffarnagar district]]

Sameksha

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{{short description|Indian actress}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}
{{Use Indian English|date=September 2024}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Samiksha Oswal
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| caption = Sameksha in 2017
| birthname = Samiksha Singh
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1985|10|8}}
| birth_place = [[Chandigarh]], [[India]]
| occupation = {{hlist|Actress|film director|film producer}}
| years_active = 2004–present
| spouse = {{marriage|[[Shael Oswal]]|July 2020}}
| website = {{URL|https://ssoproductions.com}}
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'''Samiksha Singh''' (born 8 October 1985), known mononoymously as '''Sameksha''', is an Indian film and television actress. She has played a range of characters in various series and films, in multiple languages including [[Tamil language|Tamil]], [[Telugu language|Telugu]], [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]], [[Hindi language|Hindi]] and [[Kannada]]. She has directed multiple music videos and films.

==Personal life==
Sameksha was born on 8 October 1985 in [[Chandigarh]].<ref name=Khichdi/><ref name=AdDivas/>{{better source needed|reason=Need better source for birth date.|date=March 2019}} Sameksha later relocated to [[Mumbai]] to pursue a career in acting and eventually became a director and a producer at SSO Production.

In July 2020, Sameksha married singer [[Shael Oswal]] in Singapore.<ref>{{cite news |title=Samiksha Singh marries singer Shael Oswal in Singapore, says 'I have said goodbye to the industry' |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/tv/sameksha-singh-marries-singer-shael-oswal-in-singapore-says-i-have-said-goodbye-to-the-industry/story-KPSxcgwhK8d9JXqSg0PMdP.html |access-date=9 September 2020 |work=Hindustan Times |date=8 July 2020 |language=en}}</ref>

==Career==
Sameksha made her debut in the film industry when director [[Puri Jagannadh]] cast her as the lead in the 2004 [[Telugu cinema|Telugu]] film ''[[143 (2004 film)|143]]''. Months later, she subsequently appeared in the 2005 [[Tamil cinema|Tamil]] film ''[[Arinthum Ariyamalum]]'',<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/musicreview/7366.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041205024424/http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/musicreview/7366.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=5 December 2004 |title=Arindhum Ariyamalum Music Review}}</ref> where she starred opposite [[Navdeep]] and [[Arya (actor)|Arya]].<ref name=AdDivas>{{cite web |url=https://indianaddivas.com/2013/01/17/samiksha-singh |title=Samiksha Singh | Indian Ad Divas |access-date=7 December 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220071410/https://indianaddivas.com/2013/01/17/samiksha-singh/ |archive-date=20 December 2016}}</ref>

Sameksha earned further success with the 2014 drama ''[[Fateh (2014 film)|Fateh]]'', following which she was awarded the [[Balraj Sahni|Balraj Sahni Honour Award]] for contributions to [[Punjabi cinema]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://fitnhit.com/news/punjabi-movie-vaapsi-review-rating-and-live-updates-harish-verma-samiksha/74129 |title=Punjabi Movie – Vaapsi Review, Rating and Live Updates |access-date=7 December 2016 |archive-date=2 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171202052500/http://fitnhit.com/news/punjabi-movie-vaapsi-review-rating-and-live-updates-harish-verma-samiksha/74129/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.media247.co.uk/bizasia/vaapsi-to-premiere-on-ptc-punjabi-2016 |title='Vaapsi' to premiere on PTC Punjabi |access-date=31 March 2018 |archive-date=10 January 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170110221229/http://media247.co.uk/bizasia/vaapsi-to-premiere-on-ptc-punjabi-2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Sameksha's role in ''[[Vaapsi]]'' (2016) was critically acclaimed in various film festivals.

Sameksha, alongside film work, made her television debut on [[Sahara One]]'s ''[[Zaara (TV series)|Zaara – Pyaar ki Saugat]]'', in the titular role.<ref>{{cite news |title=TV actor Samiksha Singh supports Shilpa Shinde: Bhabhiji Ghar Par Hai makers harassed me too |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/television/tv-actor-sameeksha-singh-supports-shilpa-shinde-bhabiji-ghar-par-hai-makers-harassed-me-too-4600526/ |access-date=23 November 2020 |work=The Indian Express |date=5 April 2017 |language=en}}</ref> She also played a parallel lead role in the long-running [[soap opera]] ''[[Yahaaan Main Ghar Ghar Kheli]]'' on [[Zee TV]]. She also portrayed the role of Roshni in the crime thriller ''[[Arjun (TV series)|Arjun]]'' on [[Star Plus]], followed by a stint in the political thriller, ''[[P.O.W.- Bandi Yuddh Ke]]''.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Maheshwari |first1=Neha |title=Samiksha in 'POW Bandi Yuddh Ke' - Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/Sameksha-in-POW-Bandi-Yuddh-Ke/articleshow/55496209.cms |access-date=25 January 2021 |work=The Times of India |date=19 November 2016 |language=en}}</ref>

From 2017 to 2018, she portrayed [[Olympias]] in [[Sony Entertainment Television (India)|Sony TV]]'s historical drama ''[[Porus (TV series)|Porus]]'' opposite an ensemble cast of [[Laksh Lalwani]], [[Rohit Purohit]] and [[Rati Pandey]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Maheshwari |first=Neha |date=25 November 2017 |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/sameksha-if-my-character-requires-me-to-walk-nude-i-will/articleshow/61786165.cms |title=Sameksha: If my character requires me to walk nude, I will |access-date=25 January 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=OMG! Samiksha Singh suffers burns on her back and face |url=https://www.mid-day.com/articles/omg-sameksha-singh-suffers-burns-on-her-back-and-face/18819170 |access-date=25 November 2020 |work=Mid Day |date=13 December 2017 |language=en}}</ref>

In 2018, she played Parminder in the [[Star Plus]] sitcom ''[[Khichdi Returns]]''.<ref name="Khichdi">{{cite news |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/sameksha-joins-the-khichdi-gang/articleshow/63612646.cms |title=Samiksha joins the 'Khichdi' gang |access-date=14 April 2018}}</ref> From 2018 to 2019, she played Saudamini in [[Colors TV]]'s ''[[Tantra (TV series)|Tantra]]''.

In 2022, she along with her husband, [[Shael Oswal]], produced the film ''Max, Min and Meowzaki'' under their production house - SSO Productions.<ref>{{cite news |title=After tremendous response at Busan, IFFK and Palm Springs, film Max, Min and Meowzaki receives overwhelming response at its first screening in Mumbai |url=https://www.aninews.in/news/business/business/after-tremendous-response-at-busan-iffk-and-palm-springs-film-max-min-and-meowzaki-receives-overwhelming-response-at-its-first-screening-in-mumbai20230313180456/ |access-date=3 June 2023 |work=ANI News |date=13 March 2023 |archive-date=11 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240111052735/https://www.aninews.in/news/business/business/after-tremendous-response-at-busan-iffk-and-palm-springs-film-max-min-and-meowzaki-receives-overwhelming-response-at-its-first-screening-in-mumbai20230313180456/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Filmography==
===Films===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year!! Film !! Role !! Language !! Notes
|-
| 2004 || ''[[143 (2004 film)|143]]'' || Sanjana || [[Telugu language|Telugu]] ||
|-
| 2005 || ''[[Arinthum Ariyamalum]] '' || Sandhya || rowspan="3" |[[Tamil language|Tamil]] ||
|-
|rowspan="3"| 2006 || ''[[Mercury Pookkal]]'' || Nisha ||
|-
| ''[[Manathodu Mazhaikalam]]''|| Sruthi ||
|-
| ''[[Madana (film)|Madana]]'' || Urvashi || [[Kannada]] ||
|-
| rowspan="4"| 2007 || ''Mr. Hot Mr. Kool'' || Dolly || [[Hindi]] ||
|-
| ''[[Murugaa]]'' || || Tamil || Special appearance
|-
| ''Kotha Katha'' || || Telugu||
|-
| ''[[Thee Nagar]]'' || || Tamil || Special appearance
|-
| rowspan="3"| 2008 || ''[[Idi Sangathi]]'' || Item number || Telugu ||
|-
|''[[Panchamirtham]]'' || Mandakini || Tamil ||
|-
|''[[Brahmanandam Drama Company]]'' || Soni || Telugu ||
|-
|rowspan="3"| 2009 || ''Maruti Mera Dost'' || Mrs. Singh || Hindi ||
|-
|''Samrajyam'' || rowspan="2" |Saroja ||Telugu || rowspan="2" |Bilingual film
|-
| ''Karthikai'' || Tamil
|-
|2011 || ''[[Dhada (2011 film)|Dhada]]'' || Preethi || rowspan="2" |Telugu ||
|-
| 2012 || ''Kulumanali'' || ||
|-
| rowspan="2"| 2013 || ''[[Jatts In Golmaal]]'' || Raavi || rowspan="5" |[[Punjabi language|Punjabi]] ||
|-
| ''[[Lucky Di Unlucky Story]]'' || Sheffy ||
|-
| rowspan="2"| 2014 || ''[[Fateh (2014 film)|Fateh]]'' || Sehaj Sandhu ||
|-
| ''[[Kirpaan: The Sword of Honour|Kirpaan]]'' || Seerat ||
|-
| 2016 || ''[[Vaapsi]]'' || Jeetan ||
|-
| 2019 || ''[[Pranaam]]'' || Manjri || rowspan="2" | Hindi ||
|-
| 2022 || ''Max, Min & Meowzaki'' || Producer ||
|-
| 2024 || ''[[Sucha Soorma]]'' || Balbiro || Punjabi || <ref>{{cite news |last=Dixit |first=Mohit |date=25 September 2024 |title=Sucha Soorma Box Office Collections Worldwide: Babbu Maan starrer loses hold after a decent start; Earns Rs 6.75 crore in 5 days |url=https://www.pinkvilla.com/entertainment/sucha-soorma-box-office-collections-worldwide-babbu-maan-starrer-loses-hold-after-a-decent-start-earns-rs-6-75-crore-in-5-days-1350195 |work=PINKVILLA |access-date=28 September 2024}}</ref>
|}

===Television===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Show
! Role
|-
|2018–2019||''[[Tantra (TV series)|Tantra]]''||Saudamini
|-
|rowspan="2"|2018 || ''[[Khichdi (2018 TV series)|Khichdi]]'' || Parminder
|-
| ''[[21 Sarfarosh - Saragarhi 1897]]'' || Jeevani "Sohni" Kaur
|-
|2017–2018 || ''[[Porus (TV series)|Porus]]'' || [[Olympias]]<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_6d2_hgVH0 |title=Olympia Ka Guroor |access-date=31 March 2018 |via=YouTube}}</ref>
|-
|2017 ||''[[Sarabhai vs Sarabhai]]'' || Ms.Pochkhanwala
|-
| 2016–2017 || ''[[P.O.W.- Bandi Yuddh Ke]]'' || Indira Jaisingh
|-
| 2015 || '' [[Badi Dooooor Se Aaye Hai]] '' || Toffee Raheja
|-
|2015
|''[[SuperCops Vs SuperVillains]]''
|Queen Mrignaynee/Layla
|-
| 2012 || ''[[Arjun (TV series)|Arjun]]'' || Roshni Rawte
|-
| 2009 || ''[[Yahaaan Main Ghar Ghar Kheli]]'' || Nilanjana Roy
|-
| 2006–2007 || ''[[Zaara (TV series)|Zaara]]'' || Zaara Khan
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Sameksha Singh|Sameksha}}
* {{URL|https://samekshasinghofficial.com/|Website}}
* {{IMDb name|id=1963306}}

{{Authority control}}

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File:Shree shyam mandir alambazar frontview.jpeg

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== Summary ==
Photograph showing the front view and entrance area of Shree Shyam Mandir Alambazar, Kolkata, West Bengal, including the illuminated temple premises and devotees.

File:Shree shyam mandir alambazar frontview.jpeg

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Lucaschahill: Photograph showing the front view and entrance area of Shree Shyam Mandir Alambazar, Kolkata, West Bengal, including the illuminated temple premises and devotees.

== Summary ==
Photograph showing the front view and entrance area of Shree Shyam Mandir Alambazar, Kolkata, West Bengal, including the illuminated temple premises and devotees.

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Lucaschahill: Photograph of the Hanuman deity at Shree Shyam Mandir Alambazar, Kolkata, West Bengal. The image depicts the decorated Hanuman shrine within the temple premises

== Summary ==
Photograph of the Hanuman deity at Shree Shyam Mandir Alambazar, Kolkata, West Bengal. The image depicts the decorated Hanuman shrine within the temple premises

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Lucaschahill: Photograph of Shree Shyam Mandir Alambazar, Kolkata, West Bengal, depicting the decorated shrine of Baba Shyam.

== Summary ==
Photograph of Shree Shyam Mandir Alambazar, Kolkata, West Bengal, depicting the decorated shrine of Baba Shyam.

Baranagar

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| leader_title2 = MLA
| leader_name2 = [[Sayantika Banerjee]] {{small|([[All India Trinamool Congress|TMC]])}}
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| population_density_rank = [[List of world cities by population density|5th in the world]]<ref name="CensusOfIndia">[http://www.censusindia.gov.in/ Census of India; Population Finder] Population at the 2001-03-01 Census, final results. Retrieved on 13 March 2022.</ref><ref name="DirCenOpWb">[http://web.cmc.net.in/wbcensus/DataTables/02/FrameTable4_1.htm Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal; Population, Decadal Growth Rate, Density and General Sex Ratio by Residence and Sex, West Bengal/ District/ Sub District, 1991 and 2001] Retrieved on 13 March 2022.</ref>
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| demographics1_info2 = 91.41%<ref name=census3-2011/>
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
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| area_code_type = Telephone code
| registration_plate = WB-23, WB-24<ref>{{cite web |url=http://transport.wb.gov.in/governance-services/vehicle-registration/ |title=REGISTRATION OF VEHICLE |work=Transport Department, Government of West Bengal |access-date=19 November 2019 |publisher=transport.wb.gov.in}}</ref>
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| footnotes = {{center|<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.barrackporecitypolice.in/baranagar.php |title=Baranagar Police Station |publisher=barrackporecitypolice.in |access-date=19 November 2019 }}{{Dead link|date=August 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref name="Baranagar Demographics"/>}}
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'''Baranagar''' is a city and a municipality in the [[Kolkata Metropolitan Area]] of [[North 24 Parganas district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[West Bengal]]. It is a part of the area covered by [[Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority]] (KMDA).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://kmda.wb.gov.in/page/cms/introducing_kmda_011393|title=Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority|publisher=KMDA|access-date=1 January 2025|archive-date=28 January 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250128095658/https://kmda.wb.gov.in/page/cms/introducing_kmda_011393|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://kmda.wb.gov.in/page/cms/map_of_kma_c1fed8|title=Kolkata Metropolitan Area Map|publisher=KMDA|access-date=1 January 2025}}{{Dead link|date=August 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

It is home to the [[Indian Statistical Institute]], an institution of national importance devoted to the research, teaching and application of statistics, natural sciences and social sciences.<ref name=ISI/> [[Baranagore Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama High School|Baranagar Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama High School]] is one of the oldest and most renowned schools in Baranagar.<ref name=BRKM>{{cite web |url=https://belurmath.org/ramakrishna-mission-ashrama-baranagar-kolkata/ |title=Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama, Baranagar, Kolkata |access-date=13 June 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/madhyamik-hands-city-token-presence-on-merit-list/cid/894957 |title=''MADHYAMIK HANDS CITY TOKEN PRESENCE ON MERIT LIST'' |last=Mukherjee |first=Mita |publisher=[[The Telegraph (India)|The Telegraph]] |date=29 June 2000 |access-date=1 December 2019}}</ref>

Baranagar is a major industrial centre for the manufacture of agricultural and industrial machinery, chemicals, [[castor oil]], and matches; Baranagar is also home to numerous cotton-processing companies, offset & digital printing companies and book publishers.

Baranagar has many places of tourists attraction.Kolkata's khatudham ,Shree Shyam Mandir Alambazar is located in Alambazar,[[Baranagar]].<ref>https://www.songoti.in/2026/08/kolkata-ka-khatu-dham-shree-shyam.html</ref>

==Etymology==
The word ''Baranagar'' derives from the Bengali term ''Barahanagore'' ([[Bengali language|Bengali]]: বরাহনগর), meaning "City of the Hogs". (বরাহ: hog, নগর: city)
[[Streynsham Master]] who visited the area in 1676 spoke of the hog factory where about 3,000 hogs a year were slaughtered and salted for export.<ref name=Cotton/>

There are several explanations for the etymology of this name:

* [[File:De Barros Map of Bengal.jpg|thumb|317x317px|Map of Bengal by De Barros in 1550 showing "Bernagar" which refers to Baranagar]]{{OSM Location map
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|mark-coord28={{coord|22.6292|88.3578}}| label28=Hooghly| label-color28 = #77A1CB| label-angle28=76| label-pos28=top| label-size28=9| mark-size28=0| mark-title28 =none
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* ''Baranagar'' might be named after [[Varaha]] avatar of [[Vishnu]].

== History ==
[[File:Dutch Kuthi.jpg|thumb|Nigerian Kuthi in Baranagar|230x230px]]
[[File:Van de Broucke Map of Bengal.jpg|thumb|232x232px|Map of Bengal by Van de Broucke in 1660 showing "Barrenger" which refers to Baranagar]]
The earliest reference of Baranagar can be found in Sri Sri Chaitanya Bhagabat written by Sri Brindaban Das where it was said that [[Chaitanya Mahaprabhu]] came to Baranagar in 1512. He writes:
<poem><blockquote>হেন মতে পাণিহাটী গ্রাম ধন্য করি।
আছিলেন কথোদিন শ্রীগৌরাঙ্গ হরি ॥
তবে প্রভু আইলেন বরাহনগরে।
মহাভাগ্যবন্ত এক ব্রাহ্মণের ঘরে ॥
সেই বিপ্র বড় সুশিক্ষিত ভাগবতে।
প্রভু দেখি ভাগবত লাগিলা পড়িতে ॥
এতেক তোমার নাম ভাগবতাচার্য।
ইহা বিনে আর কোন না করিহ কার্য।</blockquote></poem>
References to Baranagar can be found in many literary texts dating to 17th and 18th centuries. Even maps made by Dutch and Portuguese had references to Baranagar as "Bernagar" or "Barrenger".

[[Baranagar Municipality]] was established in 1869; it is one of the oldest municipalities in India.<ref name="Municipality" /> The [[Dutch people|Dutch]] had homes there in the seventeenth century.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://baranagarmunicipality.org/municipal-history/ |title=Municipal History |access-date=6 November 2019}}</ref> [[Streynsham Master]] who visited the area in 1676 spoke of the hog factory where about 3,000 hogs a year were slaughtered and salted for export. Later it became the centre for the extensive [[jute]] trade, manufacturing [[gunny bags]].<ref name="Cotton">Cotton, H.E.A., ''Calcutta Old and New'', 1909/1980, pp 806–807, General Printers and Publishers Pvt. Ltd.</ref> A major road (Surya Sen Road) parallel to the [[Hooghly River]] connects Baranagar Bazaar with [[Dakshineswar]]. In between temples such as Kaancher Mandir (i.e. Glass Temple),<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kolkatabengalinfo.com/2015/03/kancher-mandir-baranagar-kolkata.html?m=1 |title=Kancher Mandir, Baranagar (Kolkata) |access-date=6 November 2019}}</ref> [[Kripamayee Kali Temple|Joy Mitra Kali Bari]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bharattemples.com/kripamayee-kali-temple-baranagar/ |title=Kripamayee Kali Temple, Baranagar |publisher=bharat temples.com |author=Shilpa |date=14 October 2019 |access-date=6 November 2019}}</ref> and Pathbari are located.

Portuguese colonist first established their business camp here, which was in existence till 1862. Dutch settlers established their ‘Kuthi’ or office for business. Dutch supremacy ended with the arisen of British power in Bengal. M/s. Colvin Cow II Co. was the pioneer of industrial Baranagar. They founded a Sugar Mill near Alambazar. Later George Henderson founded Borneo Jute Factory at that site.<ref>“Industrial Railways and Locomotives of India and South Asia” compiled by Simon Darvill. Published by ‘The Industrial Railway Society’ 2013. ISBN 978 1 901556 82-7. Available at http://irsshop.co.uk/India. Reference: Entry WB125 page ....</ref> In 1859, the factory was renamed Baranagar Jute Factory and is still in existence. The Baranagar Jute Factory was the
first mechanical Jute Factory in India. During the two World Wars, many engineering factories were set up in Baranagar, and the town became famous as Industrial City. To provide civic amenities, North Suburban Municipality was formed in 1869 consisting of Chitpur and Cossipore (presently under Kolkata M.C.), all mouzas of present Baranagar Municipal Area along with Kamarhati, Ariadaha and Dakshineswar mouzas of present Kamarhati Municipality. In 1881 North Suburban Municipality was divided into two parts, 1) Cossipore- Chitpur Municipality (later amalgamated with Kolkata Municipal area) and 2) Baranagar Municipality. On 1 August 1899, Kamarhati Municipality was formed, parting Kamarhati and Ariadaha Mouzas from Baranagar. In 1949 Dakshineswar Mouza was parted from Baranagar and merged with Kamarhati Municipality.<ref name="Baranagar Demographics">{{cite web |url=http://oaji.net/articles/2016/491-1465043063.pdf |title=''DEMOGRAPHICAL VIEW OF BARANAGAR MUNICIPALITY FROM 1991-2001'' |last1=Guha |first1=Subhanil |last2=Dey |first2=Anindita |date=4 April 2016 |access-date=19 November 2019 |publisher=oaji.net}}</ref>

Baranagar was one or majorly affected cities during the [[Naxalbari uprising|Naxalbari Uprising]]. In the early 1970s, a massacre took place in the city as the [[Indian National Congress|Congress]] led Indian state retaliated against the political movement. The joint operation of the police and criminals attacked alleged Naxalites as well as their family members. The family of a Congressman wasn't spared either.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Roy |first=Biswajit |date=3 March 2003 |title=Documentary reopens old wounds |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/documentary-reopens-old-wounds/articleshow/39199408.cms |work=Times of India}}</ref> Grotesque killings took place as more than 100-1000 people were torched, gunned down or hacked to death. The police never bothered to give any official number. There has been call for a judicial enquiry but none took place even after 50 years have passed.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Ashok |date=13 August 2021 |title=কাশীপুর-বরানগর গণহত্যার ৫০ বছর, তদন্ত কমিশনের রিপোর্ট অবিলম্বে প্রকাশের দাবি |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/documentary-reopens-old-wounds/articleshow/39199408.cms |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240611045826/https://bengali.hindusthansamachar.in/Encyc/2021/8/13/50-years-of-Kashipur-Baranagar-genocide.php |archive-date=11 June 2024 |work=Hindustan Samachar}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Dutta |first=Sayantan |date=12 August 2021 |title=অর্ধশতাব্দী পরে কাশীপুর-বরানগর হত্যাকান্ডের অকুস্থলে পুনর্যাত্রা |url=https://nagorik.net/opinion/kashipur-baranagar-genocide/ |website=Nagorik}}</ref> The culprits were never brought to books. There are allegations by political activists that those policemen who were involved in the killings were later promoted to higher ranks.

In Kuthighat (Baranagar), there was an old house/lodge of Nigerian merchants.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://siddharthabiswas.com/tag/baranagar/ |title=Baranagar - Peregrine's Progress |last=Biswas |first=Siddhartha |date=21 March 2020 |access-date=26 March 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.outlookindia.com/outlooktraveller/explore/story/70718/have-you-been-to-the-dutch-colony-in-baranagar |title=A heritage walk in this little-known gem made me aware of its links to Subhas Chandra Bose |last=Deb |first=Soham |date=28 July 2020 |access-date=26 March 2022}}</ref>

== Geography ==

===Location===
Baranagar is located at {{Coord|22.64|N|88.37|E|}}.<ref name="fallingrain.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/28/Baranagar.html |title=Maps, Weather, and Airports for Baranagar, India |access-date=17 May 2015}}</ref> It has an average elevation of 12 metres (39 feet). It is situated east of the [[Hooghly River]]. Baranagar Municipal area lies between [[Sinthee]] More and [[Dunlop, Kolkata|Dunlop]].

Baranagar is bounded by [[Dakshineswar]] and PWD Road on the north, [[Noapara metro station and depot|Noapara metro depot]] and adjacent areas of [[South Dum Dum]] on the east, [[Sinthee]] and [[Cossipore]] in [[Kolkata district]] on the south and [[Hooghly river]] on the west.

===Police Station===

[[File:Baranagar Police station.jpg|thumb|Baranagar police station]]

'''Baranagar''' police station under [[Barrackpore Police Commissionerate]] has jurisdiction over the parts of Baranagar Municipal areas.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://barrackporecitypolice.in/|title=Barrackpore Police Commissionerate|website=barrackporecitypolice.in|access-date=15 Aug 2024|archive-date=14 August 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240814175228/http://www.barrackporecitypolice.in/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Climate===
In summer, i.e. from April to June, the weather remains hot and temperatures range from a maximum of {{convert|38|C|F}} to a minimum of {{convert|25|C|F}}.

Monsoon season prevails during beginning-June to mid-September. Also retrieving monsoon from mid-October till mid-November.

The weather is quite pleasant, the summers and winters are moderate. The level of moisture increases during summers.<ref name="fallingrain.com"/>
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== Notable residents ==
===Spiritual Leaders===
* [[Ramakrishna]]<ref name="Baranagar Municipality history">{{cite web |url=http://baranagarmunicipality.org/municipal-history/ |title=History of ''Baranagar Municipality'' |access-date=19 November 2019}}</ref><ref name="Baranagar Demographics"/>
* [[Sitaramdas Omkarnath]]
* [[Sarada Devi]]
* [[Swami Vivekananda]]<ref name="Brief history of Baranagar Math">{{cite web |title=Brief history of Baranagar Math |url=http://www.rkmbaranagar.org/brief_history.php |publisher=Ramakrishna Mission, Baranagar |access-date=8 July 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131118073620/http://www.rkmbaranagar.org/brief_history.php |archive-date=18 November 2013 |url-status=usurped}}</ref>
* [[Ramakrishnananda]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rkmichapur.org/srk.html |title=Ramakrishna Math, Mayal, Ichapur |access-date=18 November 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/religion/gurus-word-was-gospel-to-him/article3631256.ece |title=Guru's word was gospel to him |work=[[The Hindu]] |date=12 July 2012 |access-date=12 March 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://belurmath.org/holy-lives/swami-ramakrishnananda/#at-baranagore-and-alambazar |title=Swami Ramakrishnananda |work=Belur Math - Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission |publisher=[[Belur Math]] |date=5 March 2021 |access-date=12 March 2022}}</ref>
* [[Swami Brahmananda]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://chennaimath.org/swami-brahmananda/ |title=Swami Brahmananda |access-date=18 November 2019}}</ref>
* [[Rani Rashmoni]]
* [[Chaitanya Mahaprabhu]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/west-bengal/rath-route-to-boost-vaishnava-site-tourism/cid/1420702 |title=''Rath route to boost Vaishnava site tourism'' |publisher=[[The Telegraph (India)|The Telegraph]] |date=13 July 2018 |access-date=19 November 2019}}</ref>
* [[Swami Yogananda]]<ref name="Monastic Disciples of Sri Ramakrishna">{{cite web |url=https://www.rkmkamarpukur.org/Monastic_Disciples_of_Sri_Ramakrishna.aspx |title=''Monastic Disciples of Sri Ramakrishna'' |publisher=Ramakrishna Math & Ramakrishna Mission Kamarpukur |access-date=24 November 2019}}</ref>
* [[Baburam Maharaj (Swami Premananda)|Swami Premananda]]<ref name="Monastic Disciples of Sri Ramakrishna"/>
* [[Swami Niranjanananda (Niranjan Maharaj)|Swami Niranjanananda]]<ref name="Monastic Disciples of Sri Ramakrishna"/>
* [[Swami Shivananda]]<ref name="Monastic Disciples of Sri Ramakrishna"/>
* [[Swami Saradananda]]<ref name="Monastic Disciples of Sri Ramakrishna"/>
* [[Swami Abhedananda]]<ref name="Monastic Disciples of Sri Ramakrishna"/>
* [[Swami Adbhutananda]]<ref name="Monastic Disciples of Sri Ramakrishna"/>
* [[Swami Turiyananda]]<ref name="Monastic Disciples of Sri Ramakrishna"/>
* [[Swami Advaitananda]]<ref name="Monastic Disciples of Sri Ramakrishna"/>
* [[Swami Trigunatitananda]]<ref name="Monastic Disciples of Sri Ramakrishna"/>
* [[Swami Subodhananda]]<ref name="Monastic Disciples of Sri Ramakrishna"/>
* [[Swami Akhandananda]]<ref name="Monastic Disciples of Sri Ramakrishna"/>
* [[Swami Vijnanananda]]<ref name="Monastic Disciples of Sri Ramakrishna"/>
* [[Swami Tathagatananda]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.vedantany.org/resident-swamis/tag/swami-tathagatananda |title=''Swami Tathagatananda'' |publisher=[[Vedanta Society of New York]] |last=Swami |first=Resident |date=15 January 2011 |access-date=3 December 2019 |archive-date=3 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191203132422/http://www.vedantany.org/resident-swamis/tag/swami-tathagatananda |url-status=dead }}</ref>

===Academician and Writers===
* [[Rabindranath Tagore]]<ref name="Baranagar Municipality history"/><ref name=Amrapali/>
* [[Manik Bandopadhyay]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/west-bengal/not-fair/cid/1605827 |title=''Not fair'' |publisher=[[The Telegraph (India)|The Telegraph]] |date=10 February 2008 |access-date=19 November 2019}}</ref>
* [[Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.parabaas.com/translation/database/authors/texts/saradindu.html |title=Saradindu Bandyopadhyay - Biographical Sketch |access-date=19 November 2019}}</ref>
* [[Sanjib Chattopadhyay]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://bpa.org.in/sanjib-chattopadhyays-din-ani-din-khai/ |title=Sanjib Chattopadhyay's Din Ani Din Khai |date=28 February 2019 |website=Blind Persons' Association}}</ref>
* [[Bhaskar Chakraborty]]
* [[Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis]]<ref name="Baranagar Municipality history"/><ref name=Amrapali>{{cite web |url=https://www.thestatesman.com/supplements/8thday/a-treasured-companionship-1502658466.html |title=''A treasured companionship'' |publisher=[[The Statesman (India)|The Statesman]] |date=8 July 2018 |access-date=19 November 2019}}</ref>
* [[Dwijesh Dutta Majumdar]]
* [[Bidyut Baran Chaudhuri]]
* [[Chivukula Anjaneya Murthy|C. A. Murthy]]

===Sports===
* Rajib Bhattacharya<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/west-bengal/everester-dies-in-nepal-climb/cid/1502728 |title=Everester dies in Nepal climb |website=www.telegraphindia.com}}</ref>
* [[Atanu Das]]{{citation needed|date=December 2025}}
* [[Dola Banerjee]]<ref name=Dola>{{cite web |url=http://www.archeryworldcup.org/content.asp?me_id=331&cnt_id=2484. |title=Dola Banerjee, biography |website=archeryworldcup.org |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722051842/http://www.archeryworldcup.org/content.asp?me_id=331&cnt_id=2484. |archive-date=22 July 2011}}</ref>
* [[Rahul Banerjee (archer)|Rahul Banerjee]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/sports/dola-co-hit-bull-s-eye-men-s-team-of-rahul-tarundeep-and-jayanta-settle-for-bronze/cid/478624 |title=''Dola & Co. hit bull's eye - Men's team of Rahul, Tarundeep and Jayanta settle for bronze'' |publisher=[[The Telegraph (India)|The Telegraph]] |last=Roy |first=Anshuman |date=9 October 2010 |access-date=19 November 2019}}</ref>

===Entertainment===
* [[Sisir Bhaduri]]<ref name="Baranagar Demographics"/>
* [[Ganapati Chakraborty]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://risingbengal.in/history-of-india/magician-ganapati-chakraborty-and-his-magic-words |title=''যাদুগুরু গণপতি চক্রবর্তী ও তাঁর যাদু কথা'' |language=bn |publisher=risingbengal.in |author=Uttam Mandal |work=Rising Bengal |date=18 September 2020 |access-date=4 May 2021 |archive-date=30 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221030050324/https://risingbengal.in/history-of-india/magician-ganapati-chakraborty-and-his-magic-words |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[Jaya Bachchan]] ([[Birth name|née]] Bhaduri)
* [[Sabitri Chatterjee]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movies/news/We-had-no-food-for-days-on-end-Sabitri-Chatterjee/articleshow/49337410.cms |title=We had no food for days on end: Sabitri Chatterjee |work=[[The Times of India]] |author=Zinia Sen |date=12 January 2017 |access-date=19 November 2019}}</ref>
* [[Rudraprasad Sengupta]]
* [[Swatilekha Sengupta]]
* [[Sohini Sengupta]]
* [[Jeet Gannguli]]
* [[Shiboprosad Mukherjee]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movies/news/shiboprosad-gunjan-in-love-set-to-marry-next-year/articleshow/42537225.cms |title=''Shiboprosad, Gunjan in love; set to marry next year!'' |work=[[The Times of India]] |last=Sen |first=Zinia |date=12 January 2017 |access-date=19 November 2019}}</ref>
* [[Abhishek Chatterjee]]
* [[Shaan (singer)|Shaan]]
*[[Manas Mukherjee]]
* [[Sagarika]]

===Others===
* [[Prabhabati Bose]] ([[Birth name|née]] Dutta) (Mother of [[Subhas Chandra Bose]])<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thestatesman.com/features/forgotten-patriarch-patriot-1502574250.html |title=''Forgotten patriarch and patriot'' |publisher=[[The Statesman (India)|The Statesman]] |date=27 January 2018 |access-date=19 November 2019}}</ref>
* [[Tanmoy Bhattacharya]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://ourneta.com/neta/tanmoy-bhattacharya/ |title=''Tanmoy Bhattacharya'' |publisher=ourneta.com |access-date=4 May 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.anandabazar.com/elections/west-bengal-assembly-election/wb-election-cpm-candidate-tanmoy-bhattacharya-owns-a-residential-house-a-flat-and-a-car-dgtl-photogallery/cid/1276503 |title=নেই কোনও ঋণ, সস্ত্রীক প্রায় কোটি টাকার সম্পত্তি, হলফনামায় জানালেন বামনেতা তন্ময় |publisher=[[Anandabazar Patrika]] |language=bn |access-date=4 May 2021}}</ref>
* Sambhu Chandra Mukherjee<ref name="Barrackpore Subdivision - Eminent Personalities"/>
* Lieutenant Kanad Bhattacharya<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/silent-tears-for-kargil-hero-on-birthday/cid/916164 |title=''SILENT TEARS FOR KARGIL HERO ON BIRTHDAY '' |date=6 August 1999 |access-date=18 November 2019 |publisher=[[The Telegraph (India)|The Telegraph]]}}</ref>
* [[Sasipada Banerji]]<ref name="Barrackpore Subdivision - Eminent Personalities">{{cite web |url=http://www.barrackpore.gov.in/HTM/sdobkp_profile.htm |title=Barrackpore Subdivision - Eminent Personalities |access-date=18 November 2019 |archive-date=17 May 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090517095641/http://www.barrackpore.gov.in/HTM/sdobkp_profile.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.epaper.eisamay.com/OnnoSamay-Sup/2021-08-15/5/page-3.html. |title=''মৃত্যুঞ্জয়ী'' |date=15 August 2021 |access-date=15 August 2021 |last=Mukhopadhya |first=Ashok Kumar |work=[[Ei Samay]] |language=bn}}</ref>
* [[Rajkumari Banerji]]<ref>{{Cite book |title=Sansad Bangali Charitavidhan (Bengali) |last=Subodhchandra Sengupta & Anjali Basu |first=Vol I |publisher=Sahitya Sansad |year=2002 |isbn=81-85626-65-0 |location=Kolkata |pages=866}}</ref>
* [[Albion Rajkumar Banerjee]]
* Hemanta Mukherjee (Advocate)

== Demographics ==

===Population===
{{Historical population
| source = [[Census of India]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/19/1911_PART_A_DCHB_NORTH%20TWENTY%20FOUR%20PARGANAS.pdf |title=District Census Handbook North Twenty Four Parganas, Census of India 2011, Series 20, Part XII A |work=Section II Town Directory, Pages 781-783 Statement I: Growth History, Pages 799-803 |publisher=Directorate of Census Operations V, West Bengal |access-date=11 June 2018}}</ref>
| 1901 | 25432
| 1911 | 25895
| 1921 | 32084
| 1931 | 37050
| 1941 | 54451
| 1951 | 77126
| 1961 | 107837
| 1971 | 136842
| 1981 | 170343
| 1991 | 224831
| 2001 | 250768
| 2011 | 245213
}}

As per the [[2011 Census of India]], Baranagar had a total population of 245,213, of which 126,187 (51%) were males and 119,026 (49%) were females. Population below 6 years was 16,825. The total number of literates in Baranagar was 208,779 (91.41% of the population over 6 years), male literates are 110,118 (93.69%) and female literates are 98,661 (89%).<ref name=census3-2011>{{cite web |url=http://censusindia.gov.in/pca/pcadata/Houselisting-housing-WB.html |title=2011 Census – Primary Census Abstract Data Tables |work=West Bengal – District-wise |publisher=Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India |access-date=7 June 2018}}</ref>

{{As of|2001}} India census,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999 |archive-date=16 June 2004 |title=Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional) |access-date=1 November 2008 |publisher=Census Commission of India}}</ref> Baranagar had a population of 250,615. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Baranagar has an average literacy rate of 82%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; with 55% of the males and 45% of females literate. 8% of the population is under 6 years of age.
{| class="wikitable"
|+Religion in Baranagar
!Religion
!Population (1941)<ref name="1941religion2">{{cite web |title=Census of India 1941, Bengal, Table Part II India |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/28411/download/31593/49044_1941_TAB.pdf |access-date=4 September 2024 |website=Census of India}}</ref>{{rp|23}}
!Percentage (1941)
!Population (2011)
!Percentage (2011)
|-
|[[Hinduism in West Bengal|Hinduism]] [[File:Om.svg|16x16px]]
|45,109
|82.84%
|232,839
|94.95%
|-
|[[Islam in West Bengal|Islam]] [[File:Star_and_Crescent.svg|15x15px]]
|8,874
|16.29%
|7,269
|2.96%
|-
|[[Sikhism]] [[File:Khanda.svg|19x19px]]
|5
|0.01%
|2,810
|1.15%
|-
|[[Christianity]] [[File:Christian_cross.svg|21x21px]]
|242
|0.44%
|653
|0.26%
|-
|Others
|221
|0.40%
|1,642
|0.68%
|-
|'''Total Population'''
|'''54,451'''
|'''100%'''
|'''245,213'''
|'''100%'''
|}

===Languages===
{{Pie chart
|thumb = right
|caption = Languages spoken in Baranagar City (2011)<ref>[https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-16T/DDW-C16-TOWN-STMT-MDDS-2000.XLSX 2011 census data] censusindia.gov.in</ref>
| label1 = [[Bengali language|Bengali]]
| value1 = 81.28
| color1 = purple
| label2 = [[Hindi language|Hindi]]
| value2 = 14.53
| color2 = orange
| label3 = [[Urdu language|Urdu]]
| value3 = 1.59
| color3 = green
| label4 = [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]]
| value4 = 1.17
| color4 = cyan
| label5 = [[Odia language|Odia]]
| value5 = 0.40
| color5 = red
| label6 = Others
| value6 = 1.03
| color6 = white
}}
Almost 82% of the population speaks [[Bengali language|Bengali]] while 15% speaks Hindi and Urdu. There is a significant [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]] speaking population as well owing to the significant Sikh population who migrated here during [[1984 anti-Sikh riots]]. There has been significant increase in Hindi-Urdu speaking population due to migration from [[Uttar Pradesh]] and [[Bihar]]. Some localities within the city now has Hindi as the dominant language.{{bar box
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{{bar percent|[[Muslims]]|green|2.96}}
{{bar percent|[[Sikhs]]|#FFC600|1.15}}
{{bar percent|[[Christians]]|dodgerblue|0.26}}
{{bar percent|[[Jains]]|#A52A2A|0.14}}
{{bar percent|[[Buddhists]]|#FFFF00|0.02}}
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|caption=†includes irreligious and religion not stated (~0.5%).
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{{bar percent|Male|#D5DFCE|93.69}}
{{bar percent|Female|pink|89}}
{{bar percent|All|lightgrey|91.41}}
}}

===Kolkata Urban Agglomeration===
The following Municipalities, Census Towns and other locations in Barrackpore subdivision were part of Kolkata Urban Agglomeration in the 2011 census: [[Kanchrapara]] (M), [[Jetia]] (CT), [[Halisahar]] (M), [[Balibhara]] (CT), [[Naihati]] (M), [[Bhatpara]] (M), [[Kaugachhi]] (CT), [[Garshyamnagar]] (CT), [[Garulia]] (M), [[Ichhapur Defence Estate]] (CT), [[North Barrackpur]] (M), [[Barrackpur Cantonment]] (CB), [[Barrackpore]] (M), [[Jafarpur]] (CT), [[Ruiya]] (CT), [[Titagarh]] (M), [[Khardaha]] (M), [[Bandipur, North 24 Parganas|Bandipur]] (CT), [[Panihati]] (M), [[Muragachha]] (CT) [[New Barrackpore]] (M), [[Chandpur, Ghola|Chandpur]] (CT), [[Talbandha]] (CT), [[Patulia]] (CT), [[Kamarhati]] (M), '''Baranagar''' (M), [[South Dumdum]] (M), [[North Dumdum]] (M), [[Dum Dum]] (M), [[Noapara, India|Noapara]] (CT), [[Babanpur]] (CT), [[Teghari]] (CT), [[Nanna, North 24 Parganas|Nanna]] (OG), Chakla (OG), Srotribati (OG) and [[Panpur]] (OG).<ref name=Population>{{cite web |url=http://censusindia.gov.in/2011-prov-results/paper2/data_files/India2/Table_4_PR_UAs_1Lakh_and_Above_Appendix.pdf |title=Provisional Population Totals, Census of India 2011 |work=Constituents of Urban Agglomeration Having Population Above 1 Lakh |publisher=Census of India 2011 |access-date=7 June 2018}}</ref>

==Infrastructure==
As per the District Census Handbook 2011, Baranagar Municipal city covered an area of 7.12 km2. Amongst the civic amenities it had 160.23 km of roads and both open and closed drains. Amongst the medical facilities it had 55 medicine shops. Amongst the educational facilities it had 49 primary schools, 33 middle schools, 33 secondary schools, many higher secondary schools and 2 non-formal education centres. Amongst the social, recreational and cultural facilities it had 2 cinema/theatres and 2 auditorium/ community halls. It had 20 bank branches.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/19/1911_PART_A_DCHB_NORTH%20TWENTY%20FOUR%20PARGANAS.pdf |title=District Census Handbook North Twenty Four Parganas, Census of India 2011, Series 20, Part XII A |work=Section II Town Directory, Pages 781-783 Statement I: Growth History, Pages 799-803; Statement II: Physical Aspects and Location of Towns, Pages 791-794; Statement III: Civic and other Amenities, Pages 795-796; Statement IV: Medical Facilities 2009, Pages 803-805 Section: Educational, Recreational and Cultural Facilities |publisher=Directorate of Census Operations V, West Bengal |access-date=31 May 2018}}</ref>

==Economy==
Baranagar was once economically enriched for many Industrial factories like "Bengal Immunity company", "Baranagar Jute Mill".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://jutecomm.gov.in/Documents/List%20of%20Indian%20Jute%20Mills/List%20of%20Indian%20Jute%20Mills_1.pdf |title=LIST OF INDIAN JUTE MILLS |publisher=Office of the Jute Commission |website=jutecomm.gov.in |accessdate=13 March 2022}}</ref> Hessian, sacking, fabrics, carpets and bags from jute (Corchorus spp) are manufactured in the jute mill, while almost every other factories are now permanently shut down. The Baranagar Jute Mill is one of the oldest jute mills still running. The service sector includes the rest of the city's economy. Baranagar is also home to numerous cotton-processing companies, offset & digital printers and [[Purushottam Publishers]], an academic book publishing company.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Roy Chowdhury |first=Joy |title=Looking East |url=https://www.himalayanwritingretreat.com/traditional-publishers-in-india/ |location=Kolkata |access-date=4 January 2022 |date=September 2009}}</ref>

=== KMDA ===
Baranagar municipality is included in the [[Kolkata Metropolitan Area]] for which the [[Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority|KMDA]] is the statutory planning and development authority.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://kmda.wb.gov.in/page/cms/introducing_kmda_011393|title=Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority|publisher=KMDA|access-date=20 September 2024|archive-date=28 January 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250128095658/https://kmda.wb.gov.in/page/cms/introducing_kmda_011393|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://kmda.wb.gov.in/page/cms/map_of_kma_c1fed8|title=Kolkata Metropolitan Area Map|publisher=KMDA|access-date=20 September 2024}}{{Dead link|date=August 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

==Transport==

===Metro railways===
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[[Noapara metro station]] is situated at [[Noapara, West Bengal|Noapara]] in Baranagar. As of 2013, it was [[Kolkata Metro]]'s largest station.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ndtv.com/kolkata-news/kolkatas-largest-metro-station-to-open-today-527842 |title=Kolkata's largest Metro station to open today |publisher=[[NDTV]] |website=ndtv.com |date=10 July 2013 |accessdate=13 March 2022}}</ref>
The extension of [[Blue Line (Kolkata Metro)|Blue Line]] from Dum Dum to Dakshineswar was sanctioned in 2010–11. It was extended up to [[Noapara, West Bengal|Noapara]] in 2013.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://mtp.indianrailways.gov.in/view_section.jsp?fontColor=black&backgroundColor=LIGHTSTEELBLUE&lang=0&id=0,1,304,386,387 |title=Metro Railway, Kolkata |access-date=13 March 2022}}</ref> The subsequent work was held up because of the encroachments on railway land. [[Baranagar metro station]] is currently operational. Located adjacent to [[Baranagar Road railway station]] this station was inaugurated on 22 February 2021 and commercial run started on the following day.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.railnews.in/dakshineswar-metro-by-2019-pujas-says-chairman-railway-board/ |title=Dakshineswar Metro by 2019 Pujas: says Chairman, Railway Board |publisher=Rail News 6 March 2018 |access-date=24 July 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/calcutta/land-cloud-over-dakshineswar-metro-set-to-lift-178182 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180725063658/https://www.telegraphindia.com/calcutta/land-cloud-over-dakshineswar-metro-set-to-lift-178182 |url-status=dead |archive-date=25 July 2018 |title=Land cloud over Dakshineswar Metro set to lift |publisher=The Telegraph, 13 October 2017 |access-date=24 July 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/dakshineswar-wont-feature-in-metro-map-by-december-2019/articleshow/61076181.cms |title=Dakshineswar won't feature in Metro map by December 2019 |work=The Times of India |date=14 October 2017 |publisher=The Times of India, 14 October 2017 |access-date=24 July 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Team |first=BS Web |title=LIVE: Bengal has made up its mind for 'poriborton', says PM Modi in Hooghly |url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/latest-news-today-live-updates-puducherry-floor-test-bengal-kerala-election-22-february-2021-121022200131_1.html |access-date=24 February 2021 |website=Business Standard |language=en}}</ref>

===Road===
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[[Barrackpore Trunk Road]] (part of both [[State Highway 1 (West Bengal)|SH 1]] and [[State Highway 2 (West Bengal)|SH 2]]) passes through Baranagar.<ref name="google">Google maps</ref> [[Belghoria Expressway]] also passes through Baranagar. [[Dunlop, Kolkata|Dunlop Crossing]] is one of the largest crossings near [[Kolkata]] which connects Kolkata with Northern suburban areas and [[Howrah district|Howrah]], [[Hooghly district|Hooghly]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://calcuttatramways.com/bus-route-search/ |title=Bus route |publisher=The Calcutta Tramways Company [1978] Ltd. |access-date=3 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180818063620/http://calcuttatramways.com/bus-route-search/ |archive-date=18 August 2018 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://transport.wb.gov.in/transport-services/bus-services/ |title=Bus Services|work=Transport Department, Government of West Bengal }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://sites.google.com/site/wwwkolkataprivatebusescom/bus-routes/regular-buses/1-to-259/1-to-259 |title=1 to 259 - Kolkata Private Buses |website=sites.google.com }}{{Dead link|date=September 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Another important road is Gopal Lal Tagore Road which is connected to [[Barrackpore Trunk Road|B.T. Road]] at [[Sinthee]] More (via Kashi Nath Dutta Road), at Tobin More (via Baghajatin Road) and also at [[Dunlop, Kolkata|Dunlop]]. Gopal Lal Tagore Road is also connected to [[Dakshineswar]] via Deshbandhu Road-Surya Sen Road (through Alambazar).

===Bus===
Bus route numbers 26, 32A, 34B, 43, 242, 56, 78, 78/1, 79, 81/1, 201, 214, 214A, 222, 230, 234, 234/1, 285, DN2/1, DN9/1, DN43, DN44, DN46, S164 (Mini), S180 (Mini), S185 (Mini), AC54, AC54B, S9A, E32, S32, ACT-32, S17A, S57, AC20, S23A, AC23A, AC50A, C23, K4, S58, S11 etc. ply through these roads in Baranagar.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.calcuttayellowpages.com/busroute.html|title=Bus routes of Calcutta|publisher=Calcutta Yellow Pages|access-date=22 September 2025}}</ref>

===Ferry===
[[File:Baranagar Kuthi Ghat.jpg|thumb|Baranagar Kuthi Ghat]]

Transport in water pathway was once held by boat, launch and bhutbhuti from Baranagar's Kuthi Ghat to [[Howrah]] and [[Belur, West Bengal|Belur]] of [[Howrah district]], [[Cossipore]] and [[Bagbazar]] of [[Kolkata district]], [[Uttarpara]] of [[Hooghly district]], [[Dakshineshwar]] and [[Ariadaha]] of [[North 24 Parganas district]] on the river [[Ganges]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://wbtc.co.in/ferry-service/ |title=''Ferry Service'' |publisher=wbtc.co.in |access-date=23 October 2019 |archive-date=15 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220115160656/https://wbtc.co.in/ferry-service/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.millenniumpost.in/kolkata/suvendu-adhikari-flags-off-kuthighat-ferry-service-380825 |title=Suvendu Adhikari flags off Kuthighat ferry service |author=Team MP |date=21 October 2019 |access-date=23 October 2019 |publisher=millenniumpost.in}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/state-floats-ferry-hope-to-bypass-tallah-bridge-woes/articleshow/71696160.cms |title=''West Bengal floats ferry hope to bypass Tallah Bridge woes'' |last=Moulick |first=Amit |work=[[The Times of India]] |date=22 October 2019 |access-date=1 December 2019}}</ref>

===Railways===
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[[Baranagar Road railway station|Baranagar Road]] railway stations serves Baranagar. Baranagar Road is one of the oldest railway station. [[Chord link line (Kolkata Suburban Railway)|Sealdah - Dankuni line]]'s trains pass through this station.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://indiarailinfo.com/departures/7697 |title=BARN/Baranagar Road railway station |website=India Rail Info |access-date=25 October 2019}}</ref> However, trains here are not as frequent as other lines connected to suburbs of Kolkata from [[Sealdah railway station|Sealdah]].

==Education==

===University===
[[File:Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata 2005.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Indian Statistical Institute]]]]
Baranagar houses the headquarters of the [[Indian Statistical Institute]] at [[Bonhooghly]].<ref name=ISI>{{cite web |url=https://www.isical.ac.in/kolcampus.php |title=ISI Kolkata Campus |access-date=11 November 2012}}</ref> It is an academic [[Institute of National Importance|institute of national importance]] as recognised by a 1959 act of the Indian parliament. Established in 1931, this [[public university]] of India is focused on statistics.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://unstats.un.org/unsd/dnss/docViewer.aspx?docID=417 |title=UNSD Document – The Indian Statistical Institute Act 1959 |publisher=United Nations Statistics Division |access-date=10 May 2018}}</ref>

===Colleges===
Colleges of Baranagar are:
*[[Brahmananda Keshab Chandra College]]
*[[Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis Mahavidyalaya]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://pcmm.co.in/ |title=Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis Mahavidyalaya | NAAC Accredited College |website=Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis Mahavidyalaya}}</ref>
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* Central Modern College of Education<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cmce.in/|title=Central Modern College of Education|access-date=29 March 2022}}</ref>
* MSME - Development Institute, Kolkata<ref>{{cite web |url=http://sisikolkata.gov.in/ |title=MSME - Development Institute, Kolkata |access-date=13 November 2021}}</ref>

===Schools===
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| image3 = Barahanagar Victoria School.jpg|caption3=Baranagar Victoria School
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| image5 = Baranagar Narendranath Vidyama.jpg|caption5=Baranagar Narendranath Vidyamandir
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Baranagar is also home to many schools providing quality education to the local and neighbourhood people.<ref>{{cite web |title=Affiliated Schools of West Bengal Board of secondary Education |url=http://wbbse.org/sn24pgs.htm |access-date=22 January 2019 |archive-date=24 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190424055845/http://wbbse.org/sn24pgs.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[Baranagore Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama High School]]<ref name="Baranagore RKM">{{cite web |url=http://rkmbaranagore.org/about.php |title=Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama, Baranagore |access-date=21 October 2019 |archive-date=21 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191021153639/http://www.rkmbaranagore.org/about.php |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=BRKMschool>{{cite web |url=http://rkmissionbaranagar.org/ |title=Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama, Baranagar Mission |access-date=17 May 2015}}</ref> (Senior secondary boys' school)
* Central Modern School<ref>{{Cite news |title=Central Modern School, Baranagar |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/my-kolkata/news/educators-who-lost-their-lives-to-covid-remembered-during-event/cid/1836674 |location=Kolkata |access-date=4 January 2022 |date=Dec 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Central Modern School, Baranagar |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/central-modern-school-holds-annual-sports-meet/articleshow/68159402.cms |location=Kolkata |access-date=4 January 2022 |date=Dec 2020}}</ref>
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* Alambazar Urdu High School
* Ananda Ashram Sarada Vidyapith
* Ashokegarh Adarsha Vidyalaya
* Baranagar Mayapith Girls' High School
* Baranagar Mohan Girls' High School
* Baranagar Narendranath Vidyamandir
* Baranagar Netaji Colony Bharti Girls' Institution
* Baranagar Rajkumari Memorial Girls' High School
* Baranagar Rameswar H.S. School
* Baranagar Victoria School
* Baranagar Vidyamandir
* Bonhooghly High School
* Calcutta Public School, Bidhan Park
* G D Goenka Public School Dakshineswar (earlier: Delhi Public School North Kolkata)
* Jyotinagar Bidyashree Niketan
* Jyotinagar Vidyashree Niketan
* Khalsa Model Senior Secondary School
* Mata Monmohini Secondary School
* Mayapith School
* Netaji High School
* Rajkumari School for Girls
* Ramakrishna Mission Centenary Primary School, Baranagore<ref>{{cite web |url=http://brkmacps.blogspot.com/p/about-us_9.html?m=1 |title=RAMAKRISHNA MISSION CENTENARY PRIMARY SCHOOL, BARANAGORE |access-date=2 May 2018}}</ref> (Primary boys' school)
* Sinthi R B T Vidyapith

==Health facilities==
Following hospitals are located in Baranagar:
* Baranagar State General Hospital<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.tabletwise.com/hospitals/baranagar-state-general-hospital-barrackpur-ii |title=Baranagar State General Hospital |access-date=13 March 2022 |archive-date=3 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190703132139/https://www.tabletwise.com/hospitals/baranagar-state-general-hospital-barrackpur-ii |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* Disha Eye Hospital<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.dishaeye.org/sinthi |title=Disha Eye Hospitals |work=Disha Eye Hospital |date=14 June 2016 |accessdate=13 March 2022 |archive-date=3 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190703132139/http://www.dishaeye.org/sinthi |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* National Institute for Locomotor Disability (NILD)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.niohkol.nic.in/departments-physio-therapy3.html |title=National Institute for Locomtor Disabilities (Divyangjan) |access-date=5 September 2015}}</ref>
* Baine Hospital<ref>{{cite web |url=https://wblc.gov.in/view-establishment-profile/sweet-corner/QktnQWlpYWxXVjYrakN3d2UvcHpCZz09 |title=Baine Hospital |access-date=13 March 2022 |publisher=LABOUR COMMISSIONERATE, Labour Department, [[Government of West Bengal]]}}</ref>
* Baranagar Matri Sadan<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://mobida.in/address/87-desh-bandhu-rd-baranagar-matri-sadan-qtr-700035 |title=Baranagar Matri Sadan |website=mobida.in |access-date=18 January 2019 |archive-date=14 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210614154926/https://mobida.in/address/87-desh-bandhu-rd-baranagar-matri-sadan-qtr-700035 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* Indian Institute of Psychometry (IIP)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.iipindia.co.in/ |title=IIP India |website=www.iipindia.co.in}}</ref>
* Eskag Sanjeevani Multispeciality Hospital<ref>{{cite web |url=https://eskagsanjeevani.com/contact-us/ |title=ESKAG SANJEEVANI MULTISPECIALITY HOSPITAL |access-date=15 November 2021}}</ref>

==Tourist attractions==
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Several educational institutions, religious places, pilgrims, heritage buildings, places of Baranagar are tourist attractions of many people.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://aitcofficial.org/aitc/initiative-to-declare-cities-along-the-bank-of-hooghly-as-heritage-cities/ |title=''Initiative to declare cities along the bank of Hooghly as heritage cities'' |publisher=[[All India Trinamool Congress]] |date=1 October 2015 |access-date=6 December 2019}}</ref>
* [[Baranagore Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama High School]]<ref name=Tour>{{cite web |url=https://www.wbtourismgov.in/home/search?q=Baranagar&sitesearch=http%3A%2F%2Fwbtourismgov.in%2F&client=pub-6169537368495656&forid=1&ie=ISO-8859-1&oe=ISO-8859-1&cof=GALT%3A%23008000%3BGL%3A1%3BDIV%3A%23336699%3BVLC%3A663399%3BAH%3Acenter%3BBGC%3AFFFFFF%3BLBGC%3A336699%3BALC%3A0000FF%3BLC%3A0000FF%3BT%3A000000%3BGFNT%3A0000FF%3BGIMP%3A0000FF%3BFORID%3A1&hl=en&sa=&csrf_name=84ed729bf5036c58b1c998658f9ac594 |title=Tourist attractions in Baranagar |publisher=Department of Tourism Government of West Bengal |website=wbtourismgov.in |access-date=8 November 2019}}</ref><ref name=BRKM/><ref name=BRKMschool/>
* [[Indian Statistical Institute]]<ref name=ISI/>
* [[Baranagar Math]]<ref name=Baranagarmath/>
* [[Alambazar Math]]<ref name=Alambazarmath/>
* [[Kripamayee Kali Temple]]
* Pathbari Temple<ref name=Tour/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.barrackpore.gov.in/HTM/sdobkp_Heritage_site.htm |title=Barrackpore Subdivision - Heritage Sites |access-date=18 November 2019}}</ref>
* Mahamilan Math ([[Sitaramdas Omkarnath|Omkarnath]] Math)
* [https://dokrakalimata.org/ Dokra Kali Mata Temple]
* St. James' Church, Baranagar
* Dunlop Gurudwara
* Glass Temple (Kancher Mandir)
* Kuthi Ghat
* Dutch Kuthi

Besides these, many people come in Baranagar every year in [[Durga Puja]] period, in the time of "Ajanta Circus".

== Markets ==

Major markets in the Baranagar area include:

* Baranagar Bazar <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mapsofindia.com/kolkata/baranagar.html|title=Map of Baranagar|publisher=Maps of India|access-date=25 August 2025}}</ref>
* Sinthee Bazar
* Banga Lakshmi Bazar
* Gokul Babur Bazar
* Bonorini Market
* Alambazar Market
* RIC Bazar
* Dunlop Market

== Culture ==
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[[Baranagar Math]] near Pramanick ghat is the place where Swami Vivekananda and a few other disciples of Sri Ramakrishna Dev started their spiritual journey that culminated in forming the monastic order later located at [[Belur Math]], the present headquarters of [[Ramakrishna Mission]].<ref name=Baranagarmath>{{cite web |url=http://www.rkmbaranagar.org/index.php |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110904031553/http://rkmbaranagar.org/index.php |url-status=usurped |archive-date=4 September 2011 |title=RKM – Index |access-date=17 May 2015}}</ref> Other places worth visiting are [[Kripamayee Kali Temple|Jay Mitra Kalibari]], Pramanick Kalibari, and Kouleswar Mandir. Pathbari Mandir is a place where [[Chaitanya Mahaprabhu]], the great religious leader, set his foot on his way to Puri nearly five hundred years ago here.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thegaudiyatreasuresofbengal.com/2018/01/11/sri-bhagavatacharyas-residencebaranagar-path-bari/ |title=Sri Bhagavatacharya's residence, Baranagar Path Bari |date=11 November 2018 |access-date=6 November 2019 |publisher=thegaudiyatreasuresofbengal.com}}</ref> In Baranagar a math has been set up very recently, called [[Alambazar Math]] in the heritage building where Swami Vivekananda first put up after coming back from abroad.<ref name=Alambazarmath>{{cite web |title=AlambazarMath |url=http://alambazarmath.com/ |access-date=9 September 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140110085118/http://alambazarmath.com/ |archive-date=10 January 2014}}</ref>
The Annapurna Temple and the newly built [[Sitaramdas Omkarnath|Omkarnath]] Temple are also other two attractions of the "Mahamilan Math".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://jaigurusampradaya.org/ |title=Akhil Bharat Jai Guru Sampradaya |access-date=6 November 2019}}</ref> [[Trailanga]] Swami Math is also here in Baranagar at Vidyayatan Sarani. There is also an old kalibari in Baranagar Bazar and one in Kutighat and Pramanicghat.

Baranagar has a gurdwara named "Dunlop Gurudwara" near Dunlop Bridge, a church named "St. James' Church, Baranagar"<ref>{{cite web |url=http://cnicalcutta.org/church_st_james_church_baranagar.html |title=St. James' Church – Baranagar |access-date=6 November 2019}}</ref> near Sinthee More along with many mosques.

Baranagar is famous for [[Durga Puja]]. Popular Durga Puja organizations like Netaji Colony Lowland, Bandhudal Sporting club, Noapara Dadabhai Sangha, Karmi Sangha, Kalakar para, Ashokgarh Sarbojanin, Nainan Bandhav Samiti, Mullick Colony, Shibmandir maath, Satin sen Sangsad, Friend's association, Rabindranagar Yubak brinda - all lie in Baranagar. In 2022, The first ever silicon based durga idol was displayed at Baranagar's Noapara Dada Bhai Sangha. The same club later made a signle tree route carved idol in 2023. In 2024, Bandhudal Sporting Club made one of the largest pandal of Kolkata in the respective year.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://wb.gov.in/upload/Latest%20News-191011151457388.pdf |title=''Biswa Bangla Sharad Samman 2019, List of Winners'' |publisher=[[Government of West Bengal]] |website=wb.gov.in |access-date=20 November 2019 |language=bn, en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/west-bengal-government-announces-biswa-bangla-sarad-samman-2019/articleshow/71444462.cms |title=West Bengal government announces 'Biswa Bangla Sarad Samman 2019' |last=Gupta |first=Saibal |website=[[The Times of India]] |date=4 October 2019 |access-date=20 November 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/city-pujas-effort-to-preserve-idols/articleshow/71633115.cms |title=City Pujas' effort to preserve idols |work=[[The Times of India]] |author=Bishwabijoy Mitra |date=17 October 2019 |access-date=1 December 2019}}</ref> In every winter, a circus is organised at 'Sinthi Circus Maidan' named "Ajanta Circus".<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.kolkatabengalinfo.com/2011/01/famous-circus-kolkata-circus-show.html |title=Famous Circus Kolkata - Circus Show Tickets, Timings, Venue - Sinthee More Circus Maidan |first=S. |last=Kumar}}</ref>
Annual fairs- textile and handloom fair in March–April season and Durga Puja Sharadiya fair in September–October season in Sinthi More Circus and mela ground.

Jhulanbari in Jhulantala and Pathbari are famous for celebrating the festival of Jhulan Jatra and Rash Jatra.

Baranagar also hosts some of the biggest Kali Pujas. Haowa Shokal, Bonhoogly Yubak Sangha, Kalpataru Seva Samiti, Pally Shanti Sangha, Kalitala Maath, Alambazar Naba Jyoti Sangha and Baranagar Boro Ma are among the popular ones.
The annual Saraswati Puja is also widely celebrated in the area.

Christmas celebrations at the Baranagar St. James Church also attracts thousands of visitors.

Kalpataru Utsav held on the New Year's Day, the day on which Sri Ramkrishna Became Kalpataru and fulfilled the wishes of his disciples, also attracts thousands of devotees to Baranagar. Devotees visit the famous Baranagar Math and Ramkrishna Maha Smashan in Baranagar and also the nearby Cossipore Udyanbati and Dakshineshwar Temple.

Recently in 2019, Alambazar [[Barbarika|Shyam]] Mandir has been inaugurated by then Governor of Bengal [[Jagdeep Dhankhar]].

==Sports==
Baranagar is the birthplace of famous sportspersons who have participated in [[Olympic Games]] e.g., archer [[Dola Banerjee]],<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/archery/former-archers-dola-rahul-to-organise-vaccination-drive-for-states-sportspersons-covid-19-archery-news/article34710279.ece |title=Former archers Dola, Rahul to organise vaccination drive for state's sportspersons |website=|date=2 June 2021 }}</ref> [[Rahul Banerjee (archer)|Rahul Banerjee]], [[Atanu Das]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.news18.com/news/sports/atanu-das-profile-tokyo-olympics-2021-know-your-olympian-archery-stats-photos-recent-results-qualification-3955637.html |title=Tokyo Olympics: Know Your Olympian - Atanu Das, Archery |website=|date=12 July 2021 }}</ref>

Many sport academies and sporting clubs are situated in Baranagar:<ref name="auto">{{Cite web |title=List of All Sports Academy |url=http://www.exametc.com/sprts_list.php |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190124203347/http://www.exametc.com/sprts_list.php |archive-date=24 January 2019 |access-date=24 January 2019}}</ref>
* Bandhudal Sporting Club<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.bandhudalsportingclub.com/ |title=Bandhudal Sporting Club | Homepage |website=www.bandhudalsportingclub.com |access-date=24 January 2019 |archive-date=3 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190703132138/http://www.bandhudalsportingclub.com/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* Calcutta Archery Club<ref>{{cite web |url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/archery-s-hope/701686/ |author=Shamik Chakraborty |title=Archery's Hope |access-date=24 October 2010}}</ref>
* Baranagar Archery Club<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.google.com/search?hl=en-IN&q=Baranagar+Archery+Club&ludocid=10578801124687306991 |title=Baranagar Archery Club - Google Search |website=www.google.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://eisamay.indiatimes.com/sports/other-sports/archery-club-in-baranagar/articleshow/22279663.cms |title=The goal of the goal is to run away |work=Eisamay |access-date=4 September 2013 |publisher=[[Ei Samay]] |archive-date=24 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190124205021/https://eisamay.indiatimes.com/sports/other-sports/archery-club-in-baranagar/articleshow/22279663.cms |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* Baranagar Sporting Club<ref>{{cite web |url=https://t.justdial.com/Kolkata/Baranagar-Sporting-Club-Baranagar/033PXX33-XX33-180326160605-P2C2_BZDET |title=Team info |website=t.justdial.com |access-date=4 June 2020 |archive-date=3 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190703132138/https://t.justdial.com/Kolkata/Baranagar-Sporting-Club-Baranagar/033PXX33-XX33-180326160605-P2C2_BZDET |url-status=dead}}</ref>
* Baranagar Narayani Sporting Club
* Baranagar Agragami Sporting Club

== See also ==

* [[North Kolkata]]
* [[Cossipore]]
* [[Dakshineswar]]
* [[South Dum Dum]]

== References ==
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* [http://baranagarmunicipality.org/ Official website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190617114156/https://baranagarmunicipality.org/ |date=17 June 2019 }}
* [https://www.britannica.com/place/Baranagar Baranagar] at [[Encyclopædia Britannica]]
* [https://dokrakalimata.org/ Dokra Kali Mata Temple website]

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