Bansberia (Bengali: বাঁশবেড়িয়া Bā̃śbeṛiẏā) is a town and a municipality in the Hooghly district of West Bengal, India.
Understand
Bansberia (BAHNSH-beh-rriah) was one of the seven villages in Saptagram. In medieval times, Saptagran was a major port in South Bengal. However, the port had to be abandoned in the 17th century because of the silting up of the Saraswati River. Despite this, thanks to the influx of Portuguese merchants in the area, Hooghly inherited the importance of Saptagram as a major port.
Get in
By train
- 🌍 Bansh Baria railway station (station code: BSAE). Bansh Baria is on the Bandel–Katwa Line and probably the best way to get here from Howrah or Chandannagar.
By bus
Private Bus Route no. 39 (Chunchura Court-Jirat) runs through here.
By car
Bansberia is about 45 km (28 mi) away from Kolkata. State Highway 6 (SH 6) or STKK Road passes through Bansberia. The town is also connected to Kalyani with Ishwar Gupta Setu along the Kalyani Expressway across the Hooghly River.
Get around
See and do
- 🌍 Dargah of Zafar Khan Gazi.
- 🌍 Hangseshwari Temple (হংসেশ্বরী মন্দির Haṁseśbarī Mandir). A Hindu temple dedicated to Hangseshwari, a form of Goddess Kali and an incarnation of Devi. It was built between 1799 and 1814. The temple has a distinctive architecture different from the usual pattern present in this area, consisting 13 minars or Ratnas, each built as a blooming lotus bud. The inner structure of the building resembles human anatomy.
- 🌍 Ishwar Gupta Setu.
- 🌍 Sayed Jamaluddin Mosque.
- 🌍 Tribeni. An old holy place for the Hindus and the confluence of the Hooghly, Jamuna and Saraswati rivers, although the Jamuna River is mostly dried out.
- Uddharan Dutta Thakur's Sripat, Adi Saptagram.
Buy
Eat and drink
Sleep
Connect
Go next
| Routes through Bansberia |
| Ambika Kalna ← Rural Hooghly ← | N  S |
→ Chandannagar → Howrah |
| Bardhaman ← Rural Hooghly ← | NW  S |
→ Chandannagar → Howrah |