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Hooghly Imambara
Historic 18th-century Imambara in Hooghly town, an important Islamic religious structure.
Ganesh Chaturthi falls on Monday, 14 September 2026 across Hooghly district and the rest of West Bengal.
The idol is kept for one and a half, three, five, seven days or until Anant Chaturdashi — it is a family custom rather than a rule, and community mandapams usually keep it longest.
| Kept for | Immersion | |
|---|---|---|
| One and a half days | Tue, 15 Septembertoday | |
| Three days | Thu, 17 September | |
| Five days | Sat, 19 September | |
| Seven days | Mon, 21 September | |
| Anant Chaturdashi | Wed, 23 September | The day most community mandapams immerse |
Many gram panchayats and municipalities set aside a pond or a marked stretch of tank for immersion. Ask at the panchayat office — it changes year to year, and a drinking-water tank or a farm pond is not an alternative.
A clay idol breaks down in water within hours. Plaster of Paris does not, and the paints carry heavy metals, so idols accumulate in tanks and rivers after immersion. Pollution control boards in most states now ask for clay for exactly this reason.
Immersion points get crowded and the bank is slippery after the monsoon. Children go into the water at these gatherings every year. Keep one person watching the water rather than the procession.
Thermocol, plastic sheeting, cloth and metal ornaments do not belong in the tank even when the idol itself is clay. Most organised immersion points now have a collection bin at the bank for them.
18 mandal centroids, sized by Census 2011 population. Tap a mandal to open its page.
Centroids from LGD/OSM. Not a survey map.
74 PIN codes across the district's villages. Open one for its village list, post office and nearby PINs.
Hooghly is a district of West Bengal with 18 blocks, 207 gram panchayats and 1,930 revenue villages, administered from —. The population is 55,19,145 (Census 2011) across — km². The largest villages are Bara Kamalapur (20,047 people, Singur), Ghoshpur (19,014 people, Khanakul - I), Gaurhati (13,084 people, Arambag). Pincodes in the district start with —.
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Hooghly River heritage, colonial history, and traditional terracotta craftwork.
Historic 18th-century Imambara in Hooghly town, an important Islamic religious structure.
17th-century Portuguese church on the Hooghly River, one of India's oldest churches.
Former Danish colonial settlement with heritage buildings and museums along the river.
Aggregated from village fixtures + OpenStreetMap. Numbers will rise as the LGD + OSM ingest covers more villages in Hooghly district.
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Villages with the most posts, contributors, and verified residents this month.
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