Baruipur (বারুইপুর Bāruipur) is a suburb southeast of Kolkata, in the South 24 Parganas district of West Bengal.
Get in
[edit]By train
[edit]- 1 Baruipur Junction Sealdah South .
Get around
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Map of Baruipur
See and do
[edit]- 1 Cathedral of the Immaculate Heart of Mary and St. Teresa of Calcutta (Baruipur Church). One of the few churches in Greater Kolkata dedicated to Mother Teresa.
- 2 Happy Valley Lake. One of the spots in West Bengal that attracts migratory birds, thus a popular birdwatching zone.
- 3 Neeldeep Garden. A park in the countryside of Baruipur, and a picnic spot for weekend travellers escaping the city hustle.
- 4 Ananta Acharya's Sripat, Mahaprabhutala. The house of Ananta Acharya who gave shelter to Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. The adjacent pond (Katki Pukur) is said to be where he took a bath before his journey to Cuttack.
- 5 Baruipur Rajbari. The palace of the Roy Chowdhury zamindar family of Baruipur. They were originally zamindars of Rajpur (in present-day Sonarpur), and they later got the zamindari of Baruipur.