Tarakeshwara (disambiguation)

Last updated February 26, 2019

Tarakeshwara is a form of the Hindu god Shiva.

Places and people named after the god include:

Tarakeshwar, a municipality in Kathmandu, Nepal
Tadkeshwar, a town in Gujarat, India
Tarakeswar, a town in West Bengal, India
Tarakeswar is a community development block that forms an administrative division in Chandannagore subdivision of Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Tarakeswar is an assembly constituency in Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Tarakeswar Degree College, established in 1986, is an undergraduate general and honours degree college in Tarakeswar in Hooghly district. It offers undergraduate courses in arts, commerce and sciences. It is affiliated to University of Burdwan.
Tarakeshwara Temple, Hangal, in Karnataka, India
Tarkeshwar Mahadev, a village in Uttarakhand, India
Tarkeshwar Pandey, Indian politician

Tarakeshwar " तारकेश्वर " is a municipality in Kathmandu District in the Province No. 3 of Nepal that was established on 2 December 2014 by merging the former Village development committees Dharmasthali, Futung, Goldhunga, Jitpurphedi, Kabhresthali, Manmaiju and Sangla. The office of the municipality is that of the former Dharmasthali village development committee.

Tarkeshwar also spelt "Tadkeshwar", is a town located in the Surat district, Gujarat, India, situated approximately 36 km (22 mi) away from Surat and on the Kim-Mandvi Road north of the Tapti River. It belongs to the Mandavi Taluka of Surat Panchayat, and is very close to Bharuch District. It has a population of about 15,000 people, with a slight majority of Vohra Gujarati Muslims and the remainder Hindus of various castes, including a number of Tribal Hindus. Most of the families are engaged in agriculture.

Tarakeswar is a town and a municipality in Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is also one of the police stations under Chandannagore subdivision. Tarakeswar is a place of pilgrimage and a centre of the Shaiva sect in West Bengal 58 kilometres (36 mi) away from Kolkata, Tarakeswar can be reached conveniently by train.

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