Ramrajatala Sri Ram Temple

Getting there

• By train

  Ramrajatala has its own railway station on the South Eastern line, and Santragachi is the nearest railway junction-cum-terminus. Howrah Station, the busiest railway station in India with 24 platforms, serves Howrah and Kolkata.

• By road

  Bus 52 runs every ten minutes between Rama Mandir and Esplanade via Howrah Station. The Kona Expressway passes nearby, linking NH 16 with the Second Hooghly Bridge to Kolkata.

Why devotees come here

Ramrajatala Sri Ram Temple is a Rama temple in Ramrajatala, a neighbourhood of Howrah in West Bengal. The neighbourhood takes its name from the temple, where Rama worship has continued for about three centuries.

Local accounts say that followers of Saraswati puja and the Rama worshippers held long talks. They agreed that Rama puja would go on, with Saraswati, the deity of wisdom, placed above Rama and Sita. Idols of Rama, Sita and other deities stand in the temple today.

Zamindar Ayodhyaram Choudhury is said to have started Rama puja in this area for the first time. He once lived in Chaudhurypara, a small locality within Ramrajatala. The worship has continued for about three centuries. Every year the people of the locality hold a three-month worship of Rama at the temple.

Ramrajatala is a neighbourhood in Howrah, in Howrah district, West Bengal. Howrah district is one of the highly urbanised areas of West Bengal.

Festivals

• Last Sunday in ShraavanaPuja fair

  A fair is held during the long puja. It is especially popular at the bisarjan, the immersion ceremony and last journey of the puja, on the last Sunday in Shraavana.

Tips for your visit

• Waterlogging is a major problem in this part of Howrah, and the drainage system needs work.
• A Shankaracharya temple with a gurukul school and an ashram for poor and homeless students is in the locality.

Questions people ask