Chintamoni Kar Bird Sanctuary


Chintamoni Kar Bird Sanctuary situated at south Kolkata and near Narendrapur Ramkrishna Mission. This is also known as Kayal-r Bagan. This garden is famous for availability of wide variety of birds, butterflies, ferns and orchids.

History

This is an "abhay aranya", or sanctuary, originally given the status in 1982. The government of West Bengal took the initiative to make it open to the public and acquired it from private owners in October 2005. The area was notified as Narendrapur Wildlife Sanctuary vide G O No.3019-FOR dated 8 September 2004. It was later renamed as Chintamani Kar Bird Sanctuary vide G.O No.4300-FOR/FR/O/L/6C-3/04 dated 21 October 2005. This was an honour to celebrated sculptor Chintamoni Kar, who had for many years fought relentlessly to gain the status "kayaler bagan" for the sanctuary.

Transport

The nearest popular place, Narendrapur, is 15 km from Sealdah on the SealdahSonarpur section and is part of the Kolkata Suburban Railway system. It is connected by road to Garia and the EM Bypass. It is 20 km from howrah railway station.
Route 1: From Howrah Station Need to take Garia / Narendrapur Bound Buses. Those will take Garia Bound Buses, they need to take Auto For location Narendrapur Rathtala. From The stop They need to Take 300m walk, & they Will Reach The Destination.
Route 2: From Howrah Station can take the Jadavpur 8B Bound buses , From 8B they Need ta take the Garia More bound Auto. From Garia More need to take Auto For location Narendrapur Rathtala. From The stop They need to Take 300m walk, & they Will Reach The Destination.

Visiting hours

7:00 am to 5:00 pm throughout the year.

List of common birds