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Wiki Explores Paschim Bardhaman - Phase I

Wiki Explores Paschim Bardhaman - Phase I is a two day event to further document some areas of district of Paschim Bardhaman, West Bengal, India. The objective of this event is to do further photo-documentation of the various heritage structures in the said area most of which have less or no presence in Wikimedia commons.

Paschim Bardhaman district
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Goal edit

  1. Photograph heritage sites around Asansol, Raniganj, Durgapur, Panagarh, Barakar
  2. Upload media for the heritage structures of Paschim Bardhaman in Commons.
  3. Create / Update articles about the heritage structures in Bengali and English Wikipedia
  4. Create / Update items in Wikidata

Date edit

Date: 29th December to 30th December 2022

Participant edit

  1. Amitabha Gupta (talk) 15:19, 16th November 2022 (UTC)
  2. Biswas Dibyendu (talk)


Itinerary edit

  • Day 0 - 28th December 2022 (Wednesday) - Depart from Kolkata by Coalfield Express for Asansol town at 17:20. Check into Hotel at Asansol. Night stay at Asansol town.
  • Day 1 - 29th December 2022 (Thursday) Cover Raniganj, Durgapur, Panagarh area. Night stay at Asansol town.
  • Day 2 - 30th December 2022 (Friday) Cover Asansol, Barakar, Maithon Area. Night stay at Asansol town.
  • Day 3 - 31st December 2022 (Saturday) Checkout from Asansol Hotel and depart for Kolkata by Coalfield Express at 07:00

Places to be covered edit

[Note: Some places outside the sub-division will also be covered]


  1. Khandra Y
  2. Ukhra Y
  3. Kumardihi Y
  4. Ikra Y
  5. Nandi N
  6. Kantaberia Y
  7. Kajora Y
  8. Arrah Y
  9. Panagarh Y
  10. Garui Y
  11. Hirapur Y
  12. Chota Dighari Y
  13. Barakar Y
  14. Maithon  N
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