Kidderpore
খিদিরপুর
The old dock quarter
The neighbourhood beside the docks, mixed and crowded, with an old market for imported goods and a little-known temple complex built by a zamindar in the 1780s. The docks themselves are a working port and are not open to visitors.
Did you know
- The poet Michael Madhusudan Dutt spent part of his childhood in Kidderpore.
A short walk to try
Walk from Kidderpore crossing to Fancy Market, then take a short ride to the Bhukailash temples.
Getting there
- Train
- Khidirpur (Circular Railway)
Places to visit in Kidderpore
- Bhukailash Temples: Twin Shiva temples of 1781 beside a tank, hidden in Kidderpore.