Babughat

Coordinates: 22°33′59″N 88°20′23″E / 22.566315°N 88.339823°E / 22.566315; 88.339823
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The Babu Ghat pavilion on Strand Road, Kolkata

22°33′59″N 88°20′23″E / 22.566315°N 88.339823°E / 22.566315; 88.339823 Babughat (also Babooghat, or Baje Kadamtala Ghat,[1] and Baboo Raj Chandra Ghat) is one of the many ghats built during British Raj, along the bank of Hooghly River on Strand Road, Kolkata at B. B. D. Bagh, Kolkata.

The ghat has a tall colonial structure, which is the landing berth of the ghat. It is a fine

Greek style pavilion with huge pillars.[2] The ghat, originally known was Baboo Raj Chandra Ghat, is now only known by first words Baboo-ghat or Babu-ghat. Babu/Baboo in Bengali means Sahib or gentleman. The ghat is named after Babu Raj Chandra Das, husband of Rani Rashmoni and zamindar of Janbazar, who built it in 1830, in memory of her late husband.[2] A marble tablet beneath the pediment implies that some of the credit for the erection of the ghat must go to Lord William Bentinck as he encouraged such spending with a view to improve public amenities. It is second oldest ghat of Kolkata.[3]

Babughat Bridge in April 2022
Chhat Puja on Babughat, Kolkata

The pavilion today is completely encroached by vendors and

Saraswati Puja
rather in all festivals for immersion of idols.

Hooghly River from Babughat, Kolkata

Further, Babughat is always bustling with passengers, who use it cross the river to reach

Howrah Station just across the river and also other areas of Howrah, ferries for which are available at frequent intervals, which take off from the jetty connected to ghat. The water ferry is run and maintained by Inland Waterways Corporation.[2] Ferry services are available from Babughat to Howrah, Chandpal Ghat, Telkal Ghat and Bally.[5][6]

Babughat Bus Terminus

Also just outside the ghat is a bus terminus. Babughat is one of the main bus termini in the Kolkata apart from two others located at

BBD Bagh
is near-by. For this reason Babughat is humming with people and activities throughout twenty-four hours of day and night.

Further, Eden Gardens railway station of Kolkata Circular Railway is located just adjacent to Babughat and as such people commuting by train also get off and board trains from here.

The

Writer's Building, Prinsep Ghat are all located in vicinity of Babughat. Further, Millennium Park
, a newly developed amusement park cum picnic spot opened in December 1999, along the Hooghly river stretch is also located just a few minutes walk from Babughat.

As Babughat is a unique junction point of Kolkata where one can find various modes of transport like, bus, ferry and train to go towards various direction, intelligence agencies of India had expressed concern that terrorists are using Babughat as transit point.[8]

References

  1. ^ "Immersion highs and lows". The Telegraph, Calcutta. Archived from the original on 16 November 2013. Retrieved 16 November 2013.
  2. ^ a b c d Ghats Of Decay & Despair Times of India, dated 6 November 2010.
  3. ^ "On the Steps - Babughat, Kolkata | Flickr : Partage de photos !". Archived from the original on 9 November 2014. Retrieved 18 January 2017.
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  5. ^ Ferry services in Kolkata
  6. ^ "Kolkata-Ferry services". Archived from the original on 26 April 2012. Retrieved 29 December 2011.
  7. ^ Bandyopadhyay, Krishnendu (22 October 2011). "Bus-stand shift still on paper". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 4 January 2012. Retrieved 28 December 2011.
  8. ^ a b Terrorists using Babughat as transit point Times of India, 25 November 2010.

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