Ganga Ghat - Tourist attraction in Howrah - Howrah, India

The Hooghly River flows through Howrah and Kolkata. It is a distributary of the Ganges River and is about 260 km long. However, I found that there is a Varanasi-style Ganga Aarti that takes place on the banks of the Hooghly river in Howrah. I visited in night .It is a good experience. Ganga ghat is very peaceful location.

Peaceful place ...just sit and enjoy the peace of the ganga...

It's a nice place to chill out alone with friends/ gf or alone. Mostly people here while chilling do smoking, so if you're a pregnant lady or small child is with you don't visit at night.

It's peaceful place.... specially evening tym....but area needs to more clean

We refer to rivers as the arteries of any country. No living organism can live without water and rivers are the most important source of water. Almost all the early civilizations sprang up on the river banks. It is because, from ancient times, people realized the fertility of the river valleys. Thus, they began to settle down there and cultivate the fertile valleys. Moreover, rivers originate from mountains which carry down rock, sand and soil from them. Then they enter plains and water keeps moving slowly from the mountainsides. As a result, they deposit fertile soil. When the river overflows, this fertile soil deposits on the banks of rivers. Thus, bringing fresh fertile soil constantly to the fields. Most importantly, rivers help in agriculture. In fact, a lot of farmers depend on rivers for agricultural purposes. Rivers have the ability to turn deserts into productive farms. Further, we can use them for constructing dams as well. Further, rivers also are important highways. That is to say, they offer the cheapest method of transport. Before road and railways, rivers were essential means of transportation and communication. In addition, rivers bring minerals down from hills and mountains. We construct damns across the river for generating hydel power and also preserve the wildlife. Further, they also come in use for encouraging tourism and developing fisheries

It best to visit the place during the evening time to enjoy the sunset. You can directly reach the place after crossing the flower market. One can buy flowers at very cheap rates. It is a 150 meter walk from the Howrah bridge. After crossing this place you will get the Ferry Ghat (Ferry Port)

Great place and you can park your car for free

Not so good, the area around it but peaceful