Places of tourist attraction around Asansol?
Can someone suggest me some places of tourist attraction, especially religious tourism, around Asansol near Calcutta?
We necessitate to go near frequently, and evertytime we go to Maithon for seeing Goddess Kalyaneshwari and holidaying at the Majumdar Niwas. We wantto shift somewhere else next time.
Answers: Asansol (Bengali: ), a coal-mining-industrial focus, is the second largest city [1] in West Bengal, after Kolkata. It is a sub-division located contained by Bardhaman District, in the western periphery of the state.
Churulia - here the prominent poet - Kazi Nazrul Islam was born. He is considered the national poet of Bangladesh. The settlement is about 17 km from Asansol, and contains a museum near his works and a memorial for him.
Santiniketan - Visva-Bharati, founded by Rabindranath Tagore and now a intermediate university and an institution of national importance, is located here. It is roughly speaking 90 km from Asansol.
Durgapur - An industrial city 50 km to the east of Asansol and home to the Durgapur Steel Plant
Bishnupur - the famous terracota temple town and home to leading art and craft is about 100 km from Asansol. The Bankura horse, symbol of Indian handicraft is produced at Panchmura, near Vishnupur. It is also the home of the Baluchari sari, initially woven near Ramayana and Mahabharata motifs but now modernised.
Kalyaneswari Temple – The temple of the Lady of Fulfilment, something like 20 km from Asansol has be a place of pilgrimage, particularly for barren women, for nearly five centuries.
Joydeb-Kenduli – temple and birthplace of Sanskrit poet Joydeb, on the banks of the Ajay river, is going on for 80 km from Asansol. Makar sankranti mela with bauls (religious singers near a detached philosohy and spontanaeity of their own) participating is held in mid January.
Bakreshwar – hot spring and temple is in the order of 70 km from Asanasol.
Joychandi Pahar – popular picnic spot and centre for rock climbing training, is more or less 30 km from Asansol.
Goa is a good place for tourist.
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