Serampore (Srirampur), West Bengal

Serampore (Srirampur) is a town on the Hooghly River in the Hooghly district of West Bengal, eastern India, north of Kolkata, and a former Danish colonial settlement. It was the seat of Sri Yukteswar Giri (1855–1936), the Kriyā Yoga teacher and guru of Paramahansa Yogananda.