Tarkeshwar, West Bengal, India
Tarkeshwar/Tarakeshwar
Tarakeswar (pronounced Tarokeshshor) is a town and a municipality in Hooghly District in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is also one of the police stations under Chandannagar subdivision. Tarakeswar is a place of pilgrimage and a centre of the Shaiva sect in West Bengal. 58 kilometres (36 mi) away from Kolkata, Tarakeswar can be reached conveniently by train.