Teghoria
Teghoria is a place in North of Kolkata (earlier considered to be under the district of North 24 Parganas), West Bengal in India. Its location has been especially advantageous in the growing metropolitan of Kolkata. It is divided mainly into two broad regions-one called Arjunpur and the area is the one that lies adjacent to the Teghoria Main Road, on either side of the VIP Road that connects the entire stretch from Ultadanga to Airport-Gate-1.
It gains its name from the myth that it was once a settlement constituted by only 3 houses ('te' meaning three and ‘ghar’ meaning house in Bengali). This place is also famous in West Bengal and Bangladesh because it houses the shrine of a human-deity, a spiritual Guru popularly hailed as Loknath Baba (maybe translated as ‘People’s Lord –the Father’). The temple is popularly known as the Loknath Mandir and twice or thrice a year , thousands of devotees from near and far, throng the temple premises, and fairs and street shops are set up to celebrate the religious festivals.
Recently, Teghoria (sometimes Tegharia) has become a favourite residential site for employees of the IT sector because of its magnificent location. The Teghoria Main Road connects the old VIP road and the old Rajarhat main road (only a stretch of about eight hundred metres) which joins the new Newtown bypass broad 8-lane roadways at Chinarpark. Important urban entertainment and shopping outlets like the City Centre-II, Inox-Rajarhat (multiplex), Shoppers’ Stop, Spencers’ are barely around five to ten minutes of walking distance from the Loknath Mandir, which is a major landmark in Teghoria. Popular eateries situated barely at a radius of a kilometre or so would be the biriyani hubs-Aminiya and Arsalan chain of restaurants, Dominoes, Pizza Hut, Haldirams’ factory outlet, Tamara, O2, KFC and many more.
In spite of being in close proximity to all major roadways that have great communication to every part of Kolkata, and to all brands of lifestyle, entertainment and eateries, the place of Teghoria is calm, tranquil and an ideal residential block in North Kolkata. It is well accessible from Salt Lake, the IT-hubs in Newtown and Rajarhat and, most importantly, only two kilometres approximately from the Kolkata International/Domestic Airport (barely five minutes of car ride without traffic). Recently, metro railway tracks are under construction nearby and it is hoped that soon Teghoria will enjoy further faster connectivity with other parts of the metropolitan with the nearest proposed metro-station at a place called Noapara( around a kilometre from Teghoria VIP-Road bus stand).