Heritage Pond

Location

Ward No

Approx Age

Speciality

1.       

Raghu Daketer Pukur

Kashipur Road

1

110

Related to the fabled bandit Raghu

2.       

Kashipur Udyan Bati

Kashipur Road

1

150

Related to Saint Ramakrishna

3.       

Rabindra Bharati

Rabindra Bharati University

2

150

Related to Tagore family

4.       

Seven Tanks

Dum Dum Road

2

100

Related to Ray Bahadur Matilal Mukherjee’s villa

5.       

Belgacchia Rajbarir Pukur

Khudiram Basu Sarani

3

175

Related to villa of Prince Dwarakanath Tagore

6.       

Camp Bagan

Sarba Khan Road.

4

100

Property of Zamindar Asutosh Khan

7.       

Tala Jheel

Raja Manindra Road

5

150

Related to Pathuriaghata Ghosh Family and Tala Tank

8.       

Surir Bagan

Gurudas Dutta Garden Road

13

100

Property of one Mr David known for his alcoholism

9.       

Muraripukur

Biplabi Barin Ghosh Sarani

14

100

Related to Nationalist Movement

10.   

Azad Hind bag

Bidhan Sarani

27

200

Renovated by Lottery Committee and Related to several well known personalities

11.   

Ramohan Rayer Barir Pukur

Raja Rammohan Roy Sarani

27

150

Related to Raja Rammohan Roy’s family

12.   

Balaipukur

Raja Rajendra Lal Mitra Road,

34

200

Established by Pitambar Mitra, the army general of Mughal Emperor Shah Alam

13.   

Rashmoni Bazar

Suresh Bannerjee Road

34

150

Property of Rani Rasmoni, well known philantrophic land owner

14.   

Shibpukur

Chaul Patty Road

34

100

Related to an old temple by the side of an old busy river channel

15.   

College Square, Vidyasagr Udyan

College Street

40

200

Renovated by Lottery Committee and centre of learning and socio-political activities

16.   

Marble Palace-r pukur

Muktaram Babu St

41

170

Established by Raja Rajendra Mullick

17.   

Manohar Das Tarag

Jawharlal Nehru Road

42

218

Established by Merchant Manohar Das for drinking water for cattle

18.   

Lal Dighi

BBD Bag

45

350

The pond around which the city started to grow

19.   

Jhinjiri Talao

Govt Art College, Geological Survey of India

52

215

Old pond, part of the oldest Art College pf the country

20.   

Dighipara

Mateswartala Road

59

100

Related to temple and wakf property

21.   

Kilkhana Rajbari

Tangra road

59

136

Old Zamindar property, next to a Radha-Krishna Temple

22.   

Haji Md Mohasin Square

Rafi Ahmed Kidwai Road

62

200

Pond from the time of Lottery Committee

23.   

Birjee Talao

Jawharlal Nehru Road

63

200

Old pond of Birjee village, from the time of establishment of the city

24.   

Bhagat Singh Udyan, Minto Park

Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Road

63

200

Public Tank from the time of Lottery Committee

25.   

Park Street Pond

Park Street- JL Nehru Road crossing

63

200

Public Tank from the time of Lottery Committee

26.   

Bosepukur

Kasba

67

100

The last of remaining ponds of the locality named after those ponds, related to Bose family

27.   

Paddapukur

Sarat Bose Road

72

200

Old pond where Charak festival takes place for last two centuries

28.   

Bardhaman Rajbarir Pukur

Bardhaman Road, Alipore

74

100

Related to the royal family of Bardhaman

29.   

Ushanath Sen Square, Paddapukur

Hemchandra Street, Watgunge

76

200

Tank from the time of Lottery Committee

30.   

Karbala Park Talao

Watgunge

76

80

Related to local religious culture

31.   

Bhukailash/ Shibganga

Bhukailash Road, Khidirpur

79

225

Related to famous Ghosal family. Two beautiful Shiva temples by its side

32.   

Chetla Mosque

P M Roy Road

82

175

Built by Misri Begum, the granddaughter of Tipu Sultan

33.   

Mistiri Pukur

60 Rakhal Das Auddy Road

82

150

Old pond, probably built by Misri Begum

34.   

Indrani Park

Prince Anwar Shah Road

89

150

Built by the heirs of Tipu Sultan

35.   

Viveknagar Jheel

Jheel Road, Jadavpur

92

75

Well known for its restoration movement in 1999.

36.   

Kabaristan

Prince Anwar Shah Road

94

150

Established by Prince Gulam Muhammad, fourteenth son of Tipu Sultan

37.   

Pagla Pir-er Pukur

Jubilee Park, Tollygunge

94

300

Related to Hazrat Muksud Gazi

38.   

Galakata Pukur

Vivekananda Sarani, Santoshpur

104

100

Next to an old Sitala Temple. The name of the pond relates to some activity of Naxalites in 1970.

39.   

Tarapither Pukur

Asutosh Colony

105

75

The pond with a temple by its side in a south Kolkata refugee colony

40.   

Naskarhat Battala Pukur

Near Naskarhat Road

107

100

The pond with a old Sitala temple

41.   

Garia Smasaner Pukur

Boral Road

111

100

The pond which was a part of the old stream of the river Ganga, in the premises of Garia Crematorium

42.   

Sendighi

Brahmmapur Southend Road, Boral

111

750

Related to Sen dynasty, an equally old Tripur Sundari temple by its side

43.   

Nala Pukur

1/1, Nalapukur Lane

120

150

Old pond in Behala, once a rich enclave

44.   

Thakurpukur

Christian Pathway Road

125

150

The pond dedicated to God, there are some fables about the pond

45.   

Chandi Pukur

Barisha

126

275

Related to Sabarna Chowdhury family. The divine pot Goddes Chandi is believed to be found in this pond.

46.   

Chhay Shibmandir-er Pukur

Kalicharan Dutta Road, Barisha

126

150

Six Shiva temples established by Ramchandra Dutta by the side of the pond

47.   

Oxford Missioner Pukur

Diamond Harbour Road

126

125

Related to Oxford Mission Christian education organisation

48.   

Rasbarir Pukur

Jadab Ghosh Road Sarauna

126

250

Related to Naskar family. Previously Ras festival used to be held by the side of the pond

49.   

Bankerbagan

Kasthadanga Road Bannerjee Para

127

100

Property of famous gold merchant Lakshmi Sen’s family who also ran a Bank

50.   

Chatterjee Para Saner pukur

Sarsuna Main Road

127

200

Established by Chatterjee family, relative of Sabarna Chowdhury family. Six beautiful Shiva temples exist by its side

51.   

Kamala

Sarsuna Main road

127

400

Related to wife of Basanta Roy, the local ruler

52.   

Bimala

Near Sarsuna bus stand

127

400

Related to wife of Basanta Roy, the local ruler

53.   

Raydighi

Biren Roy Road West

127

400

The large waterbody before the now extinct fort of Raygarh

54.   

Mandir Pukur

Mandir tala, Rakshit para

127

200

Related to Mitra family, old Shiva temple by its side

55.   

Raghu Mollar Pukur

Rakshitpara Road Sarsuna

127

200

Related to Rakshit family. Raghu Molla was the supervisor for excavation of the pond

56.   

Haldar para

Halder Para Lane, Metiaburuz

138

100

Old mosque by its side

57.   

Tazia Talao

Karbala Lane, Gardenreach

138

Imambara by its side

58.

Mitha Talao

Mitha Talao Lane, Metiaburuz

138

Related to local cultural history

59.

Garam Talo

Kachharibari Road, Metiaburuz

141

Maqbool Idgah by its side