Adyapeath

Getting there

• By train

  Dakshineswar railway station is on the Calcutta Chord line, 13 km from Sealdah station.

• By road

  Dakshineswar is connected to Dankuni by a toll-free PWD road across Vivekananda Setu. The Belghoria Expressway reaches NH 12 near Dumdum and Kolkata Airport.

On the way

• Dakshineswar ferry services cross the Hooghly from Maa Bhabatarini Jetty to Belur Math and to Uttarpara.
• A rotary is the entrance point for the Dakshineswar temple railway station and bus stop.

Why devotees come here

Adyapeath is a Hindu temple and ashram at Dakshineswar, in North 24 Parganas district, West Bengal. The Adyapeath Ashram is the house of the deities of Sri Adya Shakti. It is one of the important Hindu places of Dakshineswar.

Adyapeath Ashram, located at Dakshineswar, is the house of the deities of Sri Adya Shakti. Dakshineswar has several important Hindu temples. Along with the Kali temple, they include Adyapeath and Ramakrishna Sarada Math.

Dakshineswar is a neighbourhood in the Kolkata Metropolitan Area, in North 24 Parganas district. It is bounded by Ariadaha to the north and Dunlop to the east, with Alambazar and Baranagar to the south. The Belghoria Expressway separates Dakshineswar from those two places. The river on its west side is the Ganges, which is locally called the Hooghly. Hindus consider the Hooghly sacred, and its water holy.

The Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority covers six districts on both sides of the Hooghly. North 24 Parganas is one of them. Many buses run along the roads that link Dakshineswar to Ariadaha and Baranagar. The Belghoria Expressway is a tolled expressway. It starts at Rajchandrapur, near Dankuni.

Tips for your visit

• Local roads link Dakshineswar to Ariadaha and Baranagar.
• Dakshineswar is also connected by road to Dunlop More on Barrackpore Trunk Road.

Questions people ask