Kalyaneshwar Mandir is more than 500 years old Shiva temple situated in Bally

Bally

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Howrah District

Howrah District

Howrah district is a district of the West Bengal state in eastern India. It has thousands of years of rich heritage in the form of the great Bengali kingdom of Bhurshut. The district is named after its headquarters, the city of Howrah.-Geography:...

, West Bengal

West Bengal

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, India

India

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. It’s very famous & visited by millions of monks & devotees around India every year. It’s surrounded by Kali, Ganesh, Vishnu and Bajrangbali Temples. Located at the north-eastern tip of the Howrah district, on the banks of the River Hooghly

River Hooghly

The Hooghly River or the Bhāgirathi-Hooghly, is an approximately long distributary of the Ganges River in West Bengal, India. It splits from the Ganges as a canal in Murshidabad District at the Farakka Barrage...

, it is just across the river from the Dakshineswar Kali Temple

Dakshineswar Kali Temple

The Dakshineswar Kali Temple is a Hindu temple located in Dakshineswar near Kolkata. Situated on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River, the presiding deity of the temple is Bhavatarini, an aspect of Kali, meaning, 'She who liberates Her devotees from the ocean of existence i.e Saṃsāra'...

 and near the Belur Math

Belur Math

' or Belur Mutt is the headquarters of the Ramakrishna Math and Mission, founded by Swami Vivekananda, a chief disciple of Ramakrishna Paramahamsa. It is located on the west bank of Hooghly River, Belur, West Bengal, India and is one of the significant institutions in Calcutta...

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History

It’s believed that the Shiva Lingam has been emerged from the earth by itself & founded by some local villagers more than 500 years ago. They build a temple which was sponsored by the Jamindar (local Barron) of that time. According to legends Ramakrishna

Ramakrishna

Ramakrishna , born Gadadhar Chattopadhyay , was a famous mystic of 19th-century India. His religious school of thought led to the formation of the Ramakrishna Mission by his chief disciple Swami Vivekananda – both were influential figures in the Bengali Renaissance as well as the Hindu...

 Dev used to visit the temple frequently along with his followers & founder members of Ramakrishna Mission

Ramakrishna Mission

Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission are twin organizations which form the core of a worldwide spiritual movement known as Ramakrishna Movement or Vedanta Movement. The Ramakrishna Mission is a philanthropic, volunteer organization founded by Ramakrishna's chief disciple Swami Vivekananda on...

 including Swami Vivekananda

Swami Vivekananda

Swami Vivekananda , born Narendranath Dutta , was the chief disciple of the 19th century mystic Ramakrishna Paramahansa and the founder of the Ramakrishna Math and the Ramakrishna Mission...

, Swami Brahmananda & others. This ritual is still followed by the monks of Ramakrishna Mission.

Festivals

The famous festivals in this temple are Maha Shivaratri

Maha Shivaratri

Maha Shivratri or Maha Sivaratri or Shivaratri or Sivarathri is a Hindu festival celebrated every year on the 13th night/14th day in the Krishna Paksha of the month of Maagha or Phalguna...

 & Charaksankranti. A very famous puja(prayer) is organized for that purpose.

Transportation

Kalyaneshwar Mandir is well connected by road and rail.
Three major railway lines connect Kalyaneshwar Mandir - a) the Howrah-Barddhaman Main Line, b) the Howrah-Barddhaman Chord Line, c) Sealdah-Dankuni Line d)Five Railway Station's (Ballyghat, Ballyhalt,Bally Rajchandrapur,Bally Main & Belanagar)(also known as the Calcutta Chord Rail).
The historically famed and the nation's prime road artery, the Grand Trunk Road (NH1) also passes through Bally. The town is connected with the northern bank of the Ganges by the Vivekananda Setu

Vivekananda Setu

Vivekananda Setu is a bridge over the Hooghly River in West Bengal, India. It links the city of Howrah, at Bally, to its twin city of Kolkata, at Dakshineswar. Built in December 1932, it is a multispan steel bridge and was built to provide road cum rail link between the Calcutta Port and its...

 (formerly named Bally Bridge) and the Second Vivekananda Bridge has been opened and has been named as Sister Nivedita

Sister Nivedita

- A benediction to Sister Nivedita by Swami Vivekananda Sister Nivedita ; ; , born as Margaret Elizabeth Noble, was a Scots-Irish social worker, author, teacher and disciple of Swami Vivekananda. She met Vivekananda in 1895 in London and travelled to Calcutta, India in 1898...

Bridge. Central Kolkata is 10 km from Bally. Bally has a ferry pier - Bally Ghat. Bally is a suburb of Kolkata.