Mahesh, Serampore
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|official_name = মাহেশ
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|subdivision_name2 = Hooghly
|subdivision_name3 = Serampore
|subdivision_name4 = 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25
|subdivision_name5 = Srerampur
|subdivision_name6 = Sreerampur
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|leader_name = Dr. Sudipto Roy
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|leader_name1 = Sri. Amiya Mukherjee
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|area_code = 0332 XXX XXXX
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|leader_name2 = Sri. Kalyan Banerjee
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Mahesh (Bengali: মাহেশ) is a residential area and a historical neighbourhood in Serampore of Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA).{{cite web| url =http://www.cmdaonline.com/kma.html| title =Base Map of Kolkata Metropolitan area| access-date =2007-09-03| publisher =Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority| url-status =dead| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20070928000049/http://www.cmdaonline.com/kma.html| archive-date =2007-09-28}}
It is the site of a 14th-century temple of Jagannath, and the Rathayatra of Mahesh, which first took place in 1397, and is the second oldest in India.{{cite news |title=World famous Rath Yatra of Lord Jagannath begins |date=6 July 2016 |work=The Indian Awaaz |url=http://theindianawaaz.com/world-famous-rath-yatra-of-lord-jagannath-begins/}}{{cite news |title=From Puri to Mahesh in Bengal, the spread of Jagannath cult |date=26 July 2015 |work=The Times of India |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bhubaneswar/From-Puri-to-Mahesh-in-Bengal-the-spread-of-Jagannath-cult/articleshow/48222722.cms}}