[7] Ariadaha-Dakshineswar situated close to North Kolkata carries a glorious past in the Bengal Renaissance that still remains largely unacknowledged in the mainstream historical accounts.

The conservatives constituted the most powerful sections of society with the liberals lagging behind as their opposition could hardly cause flutter in the orthodox socio-cultural matrix.

The scenario did not show any significant change even after the introduction of colonial British education and culture in this region as happened in the other parts of old Calcutta.

From the medieval period, highly educated and economically enriched families began to enter this region (Ariadaha-Dakshineswar), effecting significant changes in the socio-economic patterns.

Ariadaha-Dakshineswar is situated 22040'0 North latitude and 88022'0 East longitude and 11 kilometers away from Chowringhee, under the jurisdiction of Kamarhati Municipality (Malley: 2009) now.

Today if we draw a borderline on four sides of it, we can see Kumarhatta (now Kamarhati), another ancient settlement is situated on its north, Nowdapara, Another undivided area of Ariadaha, on Northeast, Dakshineswar, Alambazar-Baranagar on its south, Belgharia-Rathtala along with Dantia Canal (a branch of Upper Bagjola Canal) and BT Road on the east and the Hooghly River on the west.