Vivekananda Setu
A truss bridge over the Hooghly finished in 1931, running from Bally across to Dakshineswar.
- Where
- Bally, West Bengal, India
- Grade
- Local gem
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site
- Coordinates
- 22.6532, 88.3533
Get the Vivekananda Setu stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Vivekananda Setu. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your West Bengal volume with your photos and a note.
Near Vivekananda Setu
Dakshineswar Kali Temple 0.5 km
Built in 1855 by a woman the priesthood tried to refuse, and where Ramakrishna spent thirty years.
Belur Math 2.3 km
One building holding a temple, a mosque and a church.
Kumartuli 6.1 km
The potters' quarter where the Durga idols are built on straw and clay from the river, then given away to the water.
Howrah Bridge 7.6 km
A cantilever bridge carrying a hundred thousand vehicles a day on no bolts, riveted throughout, opened in 1943.
Jorasanko Thakur Bari 7.6 km
Where Tagore was born and died.
Marble Palace 7.9 km
A private nineteenth century mansion of a hundred and twenty six kinds of marble, still lived in by the family.
Cathedral of the Most Holy Rosary 8.3 km
The Portuguese church at Murgihata, Calcutta's oldest Catholic cathedral.
Nakhoda Masjid 8.5 km
Calcutta's principal mosque, of 1926, its gate modelled on Akbar's tomb.
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Questions
Where is Vivekananda Setu?
Vivekananda Setu is in Bally, West Bengal. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Dakshineswar Kali Temple (0.5 km), Belur Math (2.3 km), Kumartuli (6.1 km).
How do I get the Vivekananda Setu stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Vivekananda Setu and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your West Bengal volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Vivekananda Setu before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your West Bengal volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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