26-616: Dakshineswar is a neighbourhood in the Kolkata Metropolitan Area of North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal . It is a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA). Dakshineswar gets its name from the Sanskrit name the Dakṣiṇeśvara of Shiva . The temple of Shiva is located around 1.5 km north of the famous Kali temple , at
52-409: A cost of Rs. 63 crore. The road below would be widened and used only by vehicles. The skywalk will have 12 escalators, 4 elevators and 8 staircases. There is provision for 200 shops inside the skywalk. The Skywalk, named Dakshineswar Rani Rashmoni Skywalk, was inaugurated by Banerjee, on 5 November 2018. The extension of Kolkata Metro Line 1 from Dum Dum to Dakshineswar was sanctioned in 2010–11. It
78-457: A disciple of the Holy Mother, was the next president, and he led the organisation till 1951. Swami Tripurananda, a disciple of Swami Bramhananda, became the fifth president. He died in 1978. His disciple, Swami Vishnudevananda is the current president. This Math used to publish a weekly magazine, 'Bharat'. Saralabala Sarkar , a leading Bengali writer, was associated with it and 'Sanjeevani'
104-533: A general assembly session of the Mission in March 1929. Owing to difference of opinion with the then Belur Math authorities, 22 monks and 107 householder devotees of the order decided to form a new Math at a meeting at the legendary house of Pasupatinath Bose at Baghbazar to carry on the works on their own, based on the ideals of Sri Ramakrishna, the Holy Mother and Swamiji. The Math was named Sri Ramakrishna Sarada Math and
130-472: Is 1,888 km , making the population density 7,480 per km . 22°32′28″N 88°20′16″E / 22.5411°N 88.3378°E / 22.5411; 88.3378 This article about a location in the Kolkata district of West Bengal is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Ramakrishna Sarada Math Ramakrishna Sarada Math is a religious monastic order , considered part of
156-663: Is a government-sponsored college and was established at Dakshineswar in 2016. It offers diploma engineering courses in mechanical, electrical and civil engineering. Adyapeath Annada B.Ed. College was established at Dakshineswar in 2013. Schools like Ariadaha Kalachand High School, Dakshineswar High School (oldest educational institution of the area), Dakshineswar Sri Sri Sarada Devi Balika Vidyalaya and Dakshineswar Bharati Bhaban Girls' School are there for Primary and secondary education. Kolkata Metropolitan Area The Kolkata Metropolitan Area (abbreviated KMA ; formerly Calcutta Metropolitan Area ), also known as Greater Kolkata ,
182-542: Is also connected to Ariadaha via Ramkrishna Paramhansa Dev Road-Rabindranath Tagore Road-D.D. Mondal Ghat Road and to Baranagar via Surya Sen Road-Deshbandhu Road. Many buses ply along these roads. Dakshineswar railway station is 13 km from Sealdah railway station on the Calcutta Chord line linking Dum Dum Junction railway station with Dankuni Junction railway station . Dakshineswar- Belur Math and Dakshineswar- Uttarpara ferry services are available across
208-498: Is considered sacred to Hindus and its water is considered holy. Dakshineswar has its own police station from 2022, before that the locality covered by Belgharia police station under Barrackpore Police Commissionerate has jurisdiction over Kamarhati Municipal area. Also, Dakshineswar Kali Temple has a Police outpost in its boundary that serves the Kalibari estate. Dakshineswar is the most important international pilgrimage centre in
234-638: Is one of the most important religious shrines for Hindus and people from all over the world visit the Dakshineswar Kali Temple every day in numbers. Along with the Kali temple, there are other important Hindu temples like the Adyapeath temple, Ramakrishna Sarada Math and many more. Because of a large number of temples in the town and the Ganges River flowing by, it is also regarded as a twin town of Varanasi by
260-827: Is the urban agglomeration of the city of Kolkata in the Indian state of West Bengal . It is the third most populous metropolitan area in India after Delhi and Mumbai . The area is administered by the Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA). What is now the KMA was first legally defined as the Calcutta Metropolitan Planning Area in the schedule of the Calcutta Metropolitan Planning Area (Use and Development of Land) Control Act, 1965 (West Bengal Act XIV of 1965). After repeal of that Act,
286-513: The Hindu reform movements . It was established in 1929 at Bagbazar , Kolkata . In 1929, an internal dispute arose within the ranks of Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission . The then manager of the Udbodhan Office, Bramhachari Ganendranath, had been accused of financial irregularities by the Mission authorities. Those charges were never established. Ganendranath was an ardent 'sevak' of
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#1732858815169312-507: The asan (seat) and attained siddhi (enlightenment/attainment with the Holy Spirit i.e. the God; in his case Goddess Kali)." Adyapeath Ashram, located nearby at Dakshineswar, is the house of deities of Sri Adya Shakti. Dakshineswar is also home to Indian Army , Indian Navy camps, Border Security Forces. There are various Military housing facilities for the armed forces with a primary school in
338-502: The Holy Mother, Sri Sarada Devi . It can be seen in the biographies of the Holy Mother how deeply the Mother loved Ganendranath. Most of the photographs of the Mother were taken by him. Ganendranath was also an associate of Sister Nivedita . Kiran Chandra Dutt was one of the leading figures in Calcutta at that time. He belonged to the famous 'Dutt' family of Baghbazar. His family, along with
364-550: The Hooghly from Maa Bhabatarini Jetty. The 350 m long and narrow Rani Rashmoni Road links Dakshineswar bus stand and railway station to the Kali temple. This road is used annually by 13 million devotees. On festival days 1 lakh people visit Dakshineswar. On 17 March 2015, the Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee laid the foundation stone of a 400 m long, 10.5 m wide elevated walkway over the congested road to be built at
390-453: The Math was Kiran Chandra Dutt. The Vivekananda Mission did splendid relief work in the 1934 Nepal–Bihar earthquake . After the demise of Tulsi Maharaj in 1938, Swami Amritananda, a disciple of the Holy Mother, became its president till his death in 1941. Then Swami Chandreswarananda, a disciple of the Holy Mother and a brilliant orator, became the president till he died in 1946. Swami Asitananda,
416-530: The area was redefined as the Calcutta Metropolitan Area (CMA) in the first schedule of West Bengal Town and Country (Planning and Development) Act, 1979 (West Bengal Act XIII of 1979). The area covers 4 municipal corporations along with 38 Municipalities . According to the 2011 census data , the total population of the Kolkata metropolitan area was 14,112,536. KMDA report states the total area
442-422: The camp. The navy also uses the river for various water sports. WIMCO, a Swedish match company, which established in the 1920s a factory at Dakshineswar, was taken over by ITC Limited in 2011. Emami Paper Mills Ltd. manufactures newsprint from waste paper. It is one of the largest producers of newsprint in the country. It has two plants – one at Dakshineswar and the other at Balgopalpur, Balasore. Dakshineswar
468-409: The district. Dakshineswar Kali Temple was built in 1855 by Rani Rashmoni . The temple is famous for its association with Shri Ramkrishna Paramahamsha Dev , a mystic of 19th Century Bengal. Large number of people gather at Dakshineswar throughout the year especially on the day of Shyama Puja , Shiva Chaturdashi, Bengali New Year's Day ( naba barsha ), Akshaya Tritiya and on 1 January every year on
494-514: The family of Balaram Bose, a householder disciple of Sri Ramakrishna , contributed much in the initial days of the Ramakrishna Order . Kiran Chandra and other lay devotees of the Math and Mission including Shyamadas Bachaspati, an ayurvedic practitioner who treated the Holy Mother and Bhutnath Mukherjee, a renowned chartered accountant , were opposed by the Belur Math administration during
520-478: The locals. Belghoria Expressway is a tolled expressway connecting the junction points of NH 19 and NH 16 at Rajchandrapur (near Dankuni ) to Dakshineswar, across Nivedita Setu and then to NH 12 ( Jessore Road ), near Dumdum/Kolkata Airport . Dakshineswar is also connected by ordinary toll-free PWD Road to Dankuni across Vivekananda Setu (old Bally Bridge) and to Dunlop More on Barrackpore Trunk Road (part of both SH 1 and SH 2 ). Dakshineswar
546-577: The message of his Master in South India, especially Kerala. He was also instrumental in developing the Bangalore centre and establishing 18 Ashramas across Kerala mostly, two in present-day Tamil Nadu and one in Karnataka. But he held the post in a nominal way, while continuing to function as a representative of Ramakrishna Mission, founding new centres and developing the existing centres. The first secretary of
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#1732858815169572-521: The occasion of Kalpataru Utsava (the day Shree Ramkrishna attained siddhi ) As per the District Statistical Handbook , "Panchabati Ban is the place where Shri Ramakrishna Paramhansha Dev planted five (pancha) trees i.e. Asvattha, Bata, Bel, Asok and Amlaki, under which he used to meditate. The Panchamundi Asan is called so because there are five human skulls buried underneath and Shri Ramakrishna Paramhansha Dev used to sit and meditate on
598-407: The philanthropic Mission was named 'Vivekananda Mission'. The Math and Mission were registered according to government regulations on 13 December 1929. By 1931 the Math and Mission had moved to its own house at 10, Ramakrishna Lane, Baghbazar. The first president of the Math was Swami Nirmalananda (Tulsi Maharaj), one among the direct disciples of Ramakrishna and who devoted his life spreading
624-646: The riverside from the ancient lake and built the present temple by Dewan Haranath Ghosal, a local rich man in 19th century. Dakshineswar is located at 22°39′18″N 88°21′29″E / 22.655°N 88.358°E / 22.655; 88.358 . Surrounded by Alambazar, Baranagar (separated by Belghoria Expressway ) in South, Ariadaha in North, Dunlop in East and Ganges River (locally called Hooghly River ) in West. Hooghly River
650-522: The southern part of Ariadaha . The temple is very important to the Shiva devotees and the Lingam is believed to be Svayambhu . The mythological asura king, Banasura attributed to build the temple. There is also a tank named after the king, Ban Rajar Dighi . The locality was previously known as Deulpõtā, suggesting the ancient temple could have been destroyed and submerged, later discovered and brought to
676-737: Was extended up to Noapara in 2013. The subsequent work was held up because of the encroachments on railway land. The extension was inaugurated on 22 February 2021 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and now is a part of Kolkata Metro's North-South Line. Hiralal Mazumdar Memorial College for Women was established at Dakshineswar in 1959. It offers honours courses in Bengali, English, Sanskrit, sociology, history, political science, philosophy, education, journalism, music, geography, economics, zoology, botany, food & nutrition, psychology, chemistry and general courses in BA and B Sc. Adyapeath Annada Polytechnic College
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