Khardah
খড়দহ
Temples by the river
Khardah is where Nityananda, Sri Chaitanya’s closest companion, made his home. The Shyamsundar temple is the town’s heart, its Ras festival draws large crowds, and a group of twenty-six Shiva temples stands in one compound near the river.
Did you know
- Rabindranath Tagore stayed in a riverside house at Khardah for a time in the 1930s.
A short walk to try
From Khardah station take a rickshaw to Shyamsundar temple, then walk the riverside to the twenty-six Shiva temples.
Getting there
- Train
- Khardaha
Places to visit in Khardah
- Shyamsundar Temple, Khardah: The Vaishnav heart of Khardah, the town of Nityananda.
- Twenty-six Shiva Temples, Khardah: Twenty-six aatchala temples round one courtyard near the river.