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A 880 m long rail-cum-road bridge, commonly known as Bally Bridge (বালি ব্রিজ Bāli Brij). See the Bally listing for details.
Vivekananda Setu is a bridge over the Hooghly River in West Bengal, India. It links the city of Howrah, at Bally, to Kolkata, at Dakshineswar. Completed in 1931, it is a multispan truss bridge that was built to primarily to provide direct road and rail connectivity between the Calcutta Port and the major railhead at Howrah railway station on the West bank of the Hooghly River. It is 880 metres (2,887 ft) long having 9 spans in total. The famous Dakshineswar Kali Temple is situated on the banks of the Hooghly River near the bridge. The bridge is one of the four bridges linking both sides of Kolkata city. A new road bridge, the Nivedita Setu, was constructed 50 m (160 ft) downstream in 2007 due to weakening of the Vivekanada Setu caused by its ageing.
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নিবেদিতা সেতু Nibeditā Setu
A multi-span extradosed bridge, named after a disciple of Swami Vivekananda. See the Bally listing for details.
The shrine dedicated to Rani Rashmoni, the founder of the temple.
দক্ষিণেশ্বর কালীবাড়ি Dokhyiṇeshwor Kālībāṛi
The famous Hindu navaratna (nine-pinnacled) temple dedicated to Goddess Kali, who is worshipped here as Ma Bhavatarini. The temple was inaugurated by Rani Rashmoni in 1855, and Ramakrishna Paramahamsa was the head and only priest of it from 1856 to 1886. He spent most of his life in the nahabat khānā (corruption of naubat xānā, meaning "drum house") chamber of the temple complex. After Ramakrishna's death, the temple complex had been taken over by the then-Government of Bengal, later the Government of West Bengal. It attracts thousands of worshipers around the year, especially on the day of Shyama Puja, Shiva Chaturdashi, Poyla Boishakh, Akshaya Tritiya, New Year's Day and Kalpataru Utsava. Beside the main temple, there are twelve shrines dedicated to Lord Shiva along the Hooghly River and a bathing ghat.
পঞ্চবটী Ponchoboṭī
A complex of trees consisting of banyan (বট boṭ), peepal (অশ্বত্থ oshwottho), neem (নিম nim), amla (আমলকী āmlokī) and woodapple (বেল bel) trees. This is where Ramakrishna performed his advaitic sādhonā in 1865.
Daily ritual worships are performed here by the nuns. The birthdays of Sri Ramakrishna, Sri Sarada Devi, Swami Vivekananda, and other personalities are celebrated in this nunnery, besides the Hindu festivals. Religious discourse and lectures are also done regularly.