Dakshineswar
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- Settlement.name
- Dakshineswar
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- Neighbourhood
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- India Kolkata#India West Bengal#India
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- Location in West Bengal, India
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- Country
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- State
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- West Bengal
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- Division
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- Presidency
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- District
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- North 24 Parganas
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- Metro Station
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- Dakshineswar
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- Municipality
- Settlement.governing_body
- Kamarhati Municipality
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- Metric
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- auto
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Dakshineswar is a neighbourhood in the Kolkata Metropolitan Area of North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA).
==Etymology== Dakshineswar gets its name from the Sanskrit name the Dakṣiṇeśvara of Shiva. The temple of Shiva is located around 1.5 km north of the famous Kali temple, at the southern part of Ariadaha. The temple is very important to the Shiva devotees and the Lingam is believed to be Svayambhu.