ancient ruins
Somapura Mahavihara
The ruins of an 8th-century Buddhist monastery at Paharpur, a single vast cruciform temple ringed by 177 monastic cells, once the largest monastery south of the Himalayas.
29 km · about 35 min drive
AsiaIndiaWest Bengal
Bālurghāt
West Bengal, India · Asia
About Bālurghāt
Bālurghāt is worth a stop: 35 minutes from Joypur Hāt, 29km from Somapura Mahavihara.
Bālurghāt is in West Bengal, India, with about 150,000 people. You drive on the left here. The nearest town is Joypur Hāt, about 28 km away.
Balurghat High School is a higher secondary school for boys & for girls (for class 11 & 12 only) situated at the Ward no. 11 of Balurghat Municipality in Dakshin Dinajpur of West Bengal. Balurghat High School was established in 1907 and it is one of the oldest schools in India.
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Within an hour or so of Bālurghāt: Somapura Mahavihara (29 km).
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Bālurghāt is in West Bengal, India, about 28 km from Joypur Hāt.
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- Population
- 153,279
- Continent
- Asia
- Country
- India
- Region
- West Bengal
- Timezone
- Asia/Kolkata
- Coordinates
- 25.2210, 88.7773
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