Jump to content

Ariadaha

Add links
Coordinates: 22°24′N 88°13′E / 22.40°N 88.22°E / 22.40; 88.22
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Filedelinkerbot (talk | contribs) at 18:13, 10 August 2020 (Bot: Removing Commons:File:IMGAriadaha.png (en). It was deleted on Commons by 1989 (Copyright violation; see Commons:Licensing (F1)).). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Ariadaha
আড়িয়াদহ
Neighbourhood
Ariadaha is located in West Bengal
Ariadaha
Ariadaha
Location West Bengal, India
Ariadaha is located in India
Ariadaha
Ariadaha
Ariadaha (India)
Ariadaha is located in Asia
Ariadaha
Ariadaha
Ariadaha (Asia)
Coordinates: 22°24′N 88°13′E / 22.40°N 88.22°E / 22.40; 88.22
Country India
State West Bengal
DistrictNorth 24 Parganas[1]
RegionGreater Kolkata[2]
Government
 • TypeMunicipality
 • BodyKamarhati Municipality[3]
Elevation
15 m (49 ft)
Languages
 • OfficialBengali, English
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
700057
Telephone code+91 33[4]
ISO 3166 codeIN-WB
Vehicle registrationWB[5]
Lok Sabha constituencyDum Dum[6]
Vidhan Sabha constituencyKamarhati[6]

Ariadaha is one of the oldest localities adjacent to Kolkata. It is located in Kamarhati in the North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal, India. The area is under the jurisdiction of Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA).[7]

History

Ariadaha-Dakshineswar situated close to North Kolkata carries a glorious past in the Bengal Renaissance that still remains largely unacknowledged in the mainstream historical accounts. Once it was under the jurisdiction of Calcutta (Kolkata) District. Within 24 Parganas, Kolkata was one of the Parganas and Ariadaha-Dakshineswar was under it. Like other ancient parts of Rarh Banga (adivision of ancient South Bengal) this place was full of the ancient inhabitants of Bengal like the Hanri, Dome, Nishad, Kahar who originated from the Proto-Australoids according to Anthropology. Other casts like the Brahmans, Kayesthas and the Vaidyas etc. entered later. However, with the tide of time a mixed culture grows and inherited by the peoples of this region though there were two groups of people were in the frontline of the cultural scenario. One was liberal and other was certainly conservative. The conservatives constituted the most powerful sections of society with the liberals lagging behind as their opposition could hardly cause flutter in the orthodox socio-cultural matrix. The scenario did not show any significant change even after the introduction of colonial British education and culture in this region as happened in the other parts of old Calcutta. During the last half of 15th century, from almost about 1690 A.D., Kolkata began to reorient itself towards colonial culture under the leadership and colonial tutelage of Job Charnak. But little did change in the region of Ariadaha-Dakshineswar—the old society beset with inhuman superstitious practices. Ariadaha-Dakshineswar as a part of old Calcutta as it witnessed a cultural interface between both conservative and liberal forces. From the medieval period, highly educated and economically enriched families began to enter this region (Ariadaha-Dakshineswar) effecting significant changes in the socio-economic patterns.

Ariadaha-Dakshineswar was primarily the motherland of highly educated middle class. One of the janapadas (a big unit of 20 or more villages in ancient India) of Calcutta could not become a big city and that was Dakshineswar (Sen: 2004). Famous Historian Martin mentioned Dakshineswar as the Capital of Bengal (Mullick: 1403, Bengali Year). The cultural sphere of Ariadaha-Dakshineswar was patronized and encouraged by the Maharajas the regional rulers of Krishnanagar of Nadia. The educated liberals were in the leading part of the protest movement by the Vaishnavas, Shaivas and Shaktas against the Brahmanism. Thus a new line of thought spread across this area. One of the opinions regarding the origin of the name of Calcutta was the word Kalikhetra and it denotes the place from Kalighat to Dakshineswar (Dey: 1989).

Location

Ariadaha-Dakshineswar is situated 22040’0’’ North latitude and 88022’0’’ East longitude and 11 kilometers away from Chowringhee, under the jurisdiction of Kamarhati Municipality (Malley: 2009) now. Today if we draw a borderline on four sides of it, we can see Kumarhatta (now Kamarhati), another ancient settlement is situated on its north, Alambazar-Baranagar on its south, Belgharia on the east and the Hooghly River on the west.[8]

Memorable Places

Temples

  • Ariadaha Muktakeshi Kalibari
  • Adyapeath Temple
  • Ariadaha Path Bari
  • Bindhyabasini Temple[9]

River Side

  • Sukhada Debi (Battala) Ghat
  • Char Mandir Ghat
  • Sarat Ghosal Ghat
  • Satish Ch. Basu Mallik (Garan) Ghat
  • Ariadaha Patbari Ghat
  • Ariahada Ferry Ghat
  • Ariadaha Burning Ghat
  • Ariadaha Madhusudan Ray Ghat

Education

Schools

Colleges

Healthcare

Nearby Hospital

Transportation

Few buses ply along D.D. Mondal Ghat Road-A.C. Sarkar Road-Kumud Ghosal Road-M.M. Feeder Road. The Ariadaha bus-stand is on A.C. Banerjee Road which is connected to Kumud Ghosal Road.[12]

Bus

Private

Mini

WBTC

Train and Metro Rail

The nearest railway stations of Ariadaha are Dakshineswar railway station and Baranagar Road railway station.

The nearest metro Stations of Ariadaha are Dakshineswar metro station and Baranagar metro station. Both the metro stations are under construction of Kolkata Metro Line 1 extension.[13]

Ferry Ghat

Services:-

References

  1. ^ "History | NORTH 24 PARGANAS DISTRICT". north24parganas.nic.in.
  2. ^ Service, Tribune News. "Centre shows urgency in TMC-ruled West Bengal; clears projects". Tribuneindia News Service.
  3. ^ Kamarhati Municipality
  4. ^ "India Dial Codes". dialcode.org.
  5. ^ "Registration of Vehicle".
  6. ^ a b "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India.
  7. ^ "Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority". kmdaonline.org. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
  8. ^ Google maps
  9. ^ "www.justdial.com".
  10. ^ "justdial-schools near ariadaha".
  11. ^ "www.justdual.com".
  12. ^ "Kolkata Buses". Visit Kolkata.
  13. ^ "www.Kolkatametrorail.com".
  14. ^ "Ferry Service".

Ariadaha

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ariadaha&oldid=972192360"