Sightseeing Near Tarapith
Maa Tara Temple, Tarapith
The Maa Tara Temple is the heart of Tarapith and one of the most revered Shakti Peethas in India. Ac...
Tarapith Mahashmashan & Bamakhepa Samadhi
The Mahashmashan (great cremation ground) of Tarapith, situated on the banks of the Dwarka river, is...
BIRCHANDRAPUR ISKON TEMPLE
Birchandrapur (also known as Ekachakra) is a prominent pilgrimage village in West Bengal's Birbhum d...
Maluti Terracotta Temples
Maluti, a small heritage village just across the Jharkhand border in Dumka district, is famous as th...
Nalateshwari Temple, Nalhati
The Nalateshwari Temple at Nalhati is one of the 51 sacred Shakti Peethas. It is believed that the '...
Nandikeshwari Temple, Sainthia
The Nandikeshwari Temple in Sainthia is one of the 51 Shakti Peethas, where the necklace (mala/nandi...
GUJJYA KALI - AKALIPUR, BIRBHUM
Birbhum is the place of ‘Tantra Sadhan’. Like many ‘Tantrik’ emerged during the ages, many people ha...
Sree Girijeswari Kali Mata - Lohapur, Birbhum
“DAKHINAA BAAL ROOPI KALI MATA” When the entire Country i.e. Bharat was preparing herself to become...
Fullara Devi Temple (Attahas Shakti Peetha), Labhpur
The Fullara Devi Temple at Labhpur is identified with the Attahas Shakti Peetha, one of the 51 sacre...
Tilpara Barrage & Suri Town
The Tilpara Barrage, built across the Mayurakshi river just outside Suri, is one of the pleasant nat...
Massanjore Dam
Massanjore Dam, also known as Canada Dam, is a scenic picnic and sightseeing destination built acros...
Patharchapuri – Data Baba Mazar
Patharchapuri, a village about 10 km from Suri (the district headquarters of Birbhum), is one of the...
Bakreshwar Temple & Hot Springs
Bakreshwar is an ancient pilgrimage town famous for its Shiva temple and natural hot springs. It is...
Hetampur Rajbari & Terracotta Temples
Hetampur, near Dubrajpur in Birbhum, is a heritage village built around the palaces of the Hetampur...
Khoai & Sonajhuri Haat, Santiniketan
The Khoai is the iconic red-laterite badland of Birbhum — a surreal, canyon-like landscape of eroded...
Santiniketan (Visva-Bharati)
Santiniketan, the 'Abode of Peace', is world-famous as the home of Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagor...
Kopai River & Prakriti Bhavan, Santiniketan
The little river Kopai, winding through the red-earth countryside near Santiniketan, is one of the m...
Surul Rajbari & Terracotta Temples, near Santiniketan
Surul, an old zamindari village just 4 km from Santiniketan, preserves one of the most atmospheric h...
Ballavpur Wildlife Sanctuary (Deer Park), Santiniketan
Ballavpur Wildlife Sanctuary, popularly known as the Deer Park, lies just 3 km from Santiniketan on...
Amar Kutir & Srijani Shilpagram, Santiniketan
Amar Kutir, on the bank of the Kopai river near Santiniketan, is a name written into both the freedo...
Kankalitala Temple
Kankalitala, situated on the banks of the Kopai river near Bolpur, is one of the 51 Shakti Peethas —...
KIRITESWARI MAA
Kiriteswari Temple is situated in Kiritkona village under the Nabagram CD block in the Lalbag subdiv...
Mama Bhagne Pahar, Dubrajpur
Mama Bhagne Pahar at Dubrajpur is a fascinating natural rock formation — a sprawling landscape of ma...
JAGAT BANDHU DHAM - DAHAPARA
Prabhu Jagadbandhu was a Hindu religious person from Bengal. He spent much of his life meditating an...
Nanoor – Chandidas Dham & Basuli Temple
Nanoor, a historic village in the south of Birbhum, is revered as the birthplace of Chandidas — the...
Char Bangla Terracotta Temples, Baranagar (Azimganj)
The Char Bangla temples at Baranagar, near Azimganj on the west bank of the Bhagirathi, are among th...
Jaydev Kenduli – Birthplace of Poet Jayadeva
Jaydev Kenduli, on the banks of the river Ajay, is celebrated as the birthplace of Jayadeva — the 12...
Jahankosha Cannon, Murshidabad
The Jahankosha — 'Destroyer of the World' — is a colossal cannon lying at Topekhana near Katra Masji...
Katra Masjid, Murshidabad
The Katra Masjid is one of the oldest and most historically important monuments of Murshidabad, buil...
Motijheel Park & Historic Lake, Murshidabad
Motijheel — the 'Pearl Lake' — is a beautiful horseshoe-shaped oxbow lake just south of Lalbagh, Mur...
Hazarduari Palace & Museum, Murshidabad
The Hazarduari Palace — the 'Palace of a Thousand Doors' — is the grandest monument of Murshidabad a...
Jafarganj Cemetery & Namak Haram Deuri, Murshidabad
The Jafarganj Cemetery in Murshidabad is the walled burial ground of Mir Jafar and his descendants —...
Khoshbagh – Tomb of Siraj-ud-Daulah
Khoshbagh — the 'Garden of Happiness' — is the serene garden cemetery of the Nawabs of the Afshar li...
Nizamat Imambara, Murshidabad
The Nizamat Imambara, standing directly opposite the Hazarduari Palace, is the largest imambara (Shi...
Kathgola Palace & Gardens, Murshidabad
Kathgola Palace is a magnificent four-storeyed mansion set in sprawling gardens in Murshidabad, buil...
Nashipur Rajbari & Jagat Seth House, Murshidabad
The Nashipur Rajbari (Nashipur Palace) is a grand early-20th-century palace on the northern side of...
Wasef Manzil & Cossimbazar Rajbari, Murshidabad
Wasef Manzil, also called the New Palace, stands on the bank of the Bhagirathi just south of Hazardu...
Palashi (Plassey) Battlefield & Monument
Palashi — anglicised as Plassey — on the bank of the Bhagirathi in northern Nadia, is the place wher...
Bethuadahari Wildlife Sanctuary, Nadia
Bethuadahari Wildlife Sanctuary, beside NH-12 in central Nadia, is a green island of protected fores...
Krishnanagar Rajbari & Ghurni Clay-Doll Quarter
Krishnanagar, the headquarters of Nadia district on the river Jalangi, is a town of kings, artists a...
ISKCON Mayapur – Chandrodaya Mandir & Vedic Planetarium
Mayapur, at the holy confluence of the Ganga and Jalangi rivers in Nadia district, is the world head...
Nabadwip Dham – City of Sri Chaitanya
Nabadwip, on the west bank of the Bhagirathi opposite Mayapur, is one of the holiest towns of Bengal...
Shantipur & Fulia – Handloom and Vaishnava Heritage
Shantipur, on the Bhagirathi in southern Nadia, is a town where devotion and weaving have been inter...