Tarakeswar

Tarakeswar (Bengali: তারকেশ্বর Tārakeśbar) is small town in the Hooghly district of West Bengal and a major pilgrimage site for Hindus in India. Home to Baba Taraknath Temple, the temple town experience a huge crowd during the Shravani Mela (July–August).

By road
SH 2 and SH 15 pass through Tarakeswar. SH 2 heads west to Kamarpukur, Bishnupur and Mukutmanipur before terminating at Bankura and heads east to Uttarpara, Kolkata, Barrackpore and Berachampa before terminating near Taki.

SH 15 heads north to the Rarh region and south to Howrah and Bagnan before terminating at Gadiara.

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 * Kamarpukur