Pandua (Hooghly)

Pandua, also spelt Pundooah, is a town in the Hooghly district of West Bengal, India.

For other places with the same name, see Pandua (disambiguation).

Get in

By train

  • 🌍 Pundooah railway station.

See and do

  • 🌍 Minar of Pandua. It is said that Shah Sufiuddin defeated the Hindu king of the Pandua and Mahanad area and built the 125 ft (38 m) tall Minar of Pandua.
  • 🌍 Mosque of Pandua (Bari Masjid). A mosque built by Shamsuddin Yusuf Shah in 1477 to replace the Shrinkhala Devi temple he destroyed. The area is considered one of the 51 Shakti Pithas.

Sleep

  • 🌍 Itachuna Rajbari (Bargee Danga). It was established by Kundan family originated from the Marathas in 1766. It has been later converted into a heritage resort.

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