Vivekananda Setu (also known as Bally Bridge) is a bridge over the Hoogli River in West Bengal, India. It links the city of Howrah, at Bally, to its twin city of Kolkata, at Dakhineshwar. This article is about the edifice. ... The Hoogli River is a distributary of the Ganges River in India. ... West Bengal (পশà§à¦šà¦¿à¦® বঙà§à¦—, PôsÌcim Bôngô) is a state in the northeast of India. ... Howrah is an industrial city in India. ... Kolkata (Bangla: কলকাতা), is the proper Bengali language name for the city formerly known as Calcutta, is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal, and was once the most populous city in India. ...
Road - connects Grand Trunk Road (Howrah side) to Barrackpore Trunk Road (Calcutta side)
The bridge also has sister bridges over the river at different points, namely the Howrah Bridge (Rabindra Setu) and the Vidyasagar Setu. Sealdah Station is one of the major train stations serving Howrah and Kolkata (India), along with Howrah Station. ... Delhi (दिलà¥à¤²à¥€ or DillÄ« in Hindi and Bengali and دیلی in Urdu) is a term that refers to either the State of Delhi or the National Capital Territory (NCT) of the Republic of India. ... The Grand Trunk Road (abbreviated to GT Road in common usage) is the Indian Subcontinents first, largest and oldest major road, linking Sonargaon in Bengal (now in Bangladesh) with Kabul in Afghanistan via the Khyber Pass. ... Howrah Bridge, also known as the Rabindra Setu, is a bridge over the Hoogli River in West Bengal, India. ... Vidyasagar Setu (commonly known as the 2nd Howrah Bridge) is a bridge over the Hoogli River in West Bengal, India. ...
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http://home.att.net/~dakku/cal5.html - Bridges of Calcutta
The two cities are linked by the famous Howrah Bridge (Rabindra Setu), as well as the Vidyasagar Setu (the second Howrah Bridge) and the VivekanandaSetubridges.
The Shibpur area is now said to be a popular neighbourhood, with the proximity of the Vidyasagar Setu and proximity to the River Ganges.
For the pious as well as the tourists with an archaeological bend of mind the Temple of Madangopaljiu Bagnan of 1651 at the Mellak village is a must visit.
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