Tourist Attractions and Site Seen near Santiniketan Bolpur Birbhum District List 1

Tourist Attractions and Site Seen near Santiniketan Bolpur Birbhum District 

Tarapith (80 km)

Tarapith is famous for it is one of the Shakti Pithas.
One can reach Tarapith firstly from Bolpur to Rampurhat by train or bus and then 5 kms by bus or cycle rickshaw. Ramkanai Dharamshala a number of hotels are there.

Kankalitala (7 km)

Kankalitala is one of the sacred Satipithas. The place is located on the bank of the river ‘Kopai’. Kankalitala is situated on the Bolpur Labpur road. A temple of ‘Maa Sati’ is located there. This temple is believed to be an extremely holy place by the Hindus. Kankalitala is one of the fifty two Pithas or Sacred where a part of the dismembered of Sati fell. In this case the waist (Kankal) hence the name.

Sriniketan (2 km)

Some departments of Visva Bharati University are situated there.

Labpur Fullora (40 km)

Labpur Fullaratala is a sacred place with historical importance near Santiniketan in Birbhum district. The Kanuri river flows nearby, winding its way through lush green fields and red soil. Labpur Fullaratala is covered in greenery, but quite developed.

The main attraction of the place is the beautiful temple of Fullara Maata. The myth is that, the lip of Sati cut down at Fullara. It is one of the 52 Pithas or Sacred places where Sati’s dead body fell.

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