Sightseeing in Durgapur
Durgapur has 5 places covered here for sightseeing in Durgapur, including Durgapur Steel Plant, Durgapur Barrage, Rarheswar Shiva Temple and Bhabani Pathak’s Tilla. Each page
Overview
Durgapur has 5 places covered here for sightseeing in Durgapur, including Durgapur Steel Plant, Durgapur Barrage, Rarheswar Shiva Temple and Bhabani Pathak’s Tilla. Each page lists timings, entry fees and directions where sources provide them.
Places
Durgapur Steel Plant
The steel plant is one awesome thing to see. It is hard to imagine the scale of things that happen and how the heck all of this works together. You need a permit to visit, which is easily obtained from the Administrative building, outside the plant, near the main gate of the plant.
Durgapur Barrage
Definitely one of the best places to see, if you are interested in one of two things: nature and man's effort to control its fury. And if you really are game, you should be there at the height of monsoons. Try peering over the railings to watch water being let out of the lock-gates. It is a phenomenal sight. A few yards away from the main barrage is the canal.
Rarheswar Shiva Temple
According to the Archaeological Survey of India, this temple is more than 800 years old, with a unique architectural style. It is built in the style of Rathas of Southern India.
Bhabani Pathak’s Tilla
Made famous in the novel Devi Chaudhurani by Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay. An unbelievable network of tunnels starting near the City Centre region right up to the Damodar river. Nowadays, it is a protected monument (the entrance of the cave). But you would be able to visit the place.
Bhiringi Shmashankali Temple
A Kali temple established in 1852. People from different places arrive at the temple during Kali Puja.
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