List of aquaria in India

This is a list of public aquariums in India. Aquariums are facilities where aquatic animals are confined within tanks and displayed to the public, and in which they may also be bred. Such facilities include public aquariums, oceanariums, marine mammal parks, and dolphinariums

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Name City State Notes Ref.
Bagh-e-Bahu Aquarium Jammu Jammu and Kashmir This 222 m long aquarium is within the Bahu Fort complex and is India's second largest underground aquarium-cum-awareness centre. [1][2]
Bangalore Aquarium Bangalore Karnataka
Calcutta Aquarium Kolkata West Bengal
Central Institute of Freshwater Aquaculture (CIFA) Aquarium Bhubaneswar Odisha [3]
Dr. A. M. Michael Aquarium, Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Studies Panangad, Kochi Kerala
District Tourism Promotion Council (DTPC) Aquarium Kozhikode Kerala [4]
Jagdishchandra Bose Aquarium Surat Gujarat [5]
Jawahar Aquarium Mussoorie Uttarakhand [6]
Kankaria Aquarium Ahmedabad Gujarat
Kollam Aquarium Kollam Kerala
Lal Bagh aquarium Bangalore Karnataka
Machhli Ghar Bhopal Madhya Pradesh [7]
MARC Aquarium Digha West Bengal
Marine Biological Research Station Ratnagiri Maharashtra [8]
Marine Life Aquarium Chennai Tamil Nadu
Matsyadarsini Aquarium Visakhapatnam Andhra Pradesh [9]
Nandankanan Zoo Aquarium Bhubaneswar Odisha [10]
Sanjay Gandhi Jaivik Udyan Patna Bihar
Star aquarium Karunagappalli Kerala [11]
Taraporewala Aquarium Mumbai Maharashtra
Travancore Royal Aquarium Trivandrum Kerala
ICAR-NBFGR Ganga Aquarium Lucknow Uttar Pradesh
Varkala Aquarium Trivandrum Kerala The four-storey aquarium is situated on the beach along the Prawn Hatchery at Thiruvambady(Odayam - Varkala). The Agency for Development of Aquaculture, Kerala (ADAK) was responsible for the 3500 sq ft aquarium showcasing wonders of the water world. [12]
VGP Marine Kingdom Chennai Tamil Nadu [13]

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  1. ^ "Bagh-e-Bahu". Trikuta News Express. 28 March 2012. Retrieved 30 September 2015.
  2. ^ Kaul, Sunaina (20 March 2009). "Underground aquarium to have another phase". Tribune India. Retrieved 30 September 2015.
  3. ^ "CIFA to open a brand new scientific aquarium". Orissa Diary. 23 January 2008. Archived from the original on 2 October 2015. Retrieved 30 September 2015.
  4. ^ "DTPC aquarium turns crowd-puller in Kozhikode". The Times of India. 30 August 2015. Retrieved 30 September 2015.
  5. ^ Bhatt, Himanshu (2 March 2014). "Aquarium entry fee reduced for visitors for the first few months". The Times of India. Retrieved 30 September 2015.
  6. ^ Prachi Raturi Misra (17 July 2015). "Again, 'Allah' and 'Mohammad' on aquarium fish". The Times of India. Retrieved 30 September 2015.
  7. ^ Santoshi, Neeraj (27 June 2015). "Bhopal aquarium project based on PPP model not viable: survey". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 30 September 2015.
  8. ^ Aquarium and Museum
  9. ^ "Govt opens state-of-the-art ornamental fish store". The Times of India. 22 November 2008. Retrieved 1 October 2015.
  10. ^ "CM inaugurates moated elephant enclosure at Nandankanan". Odisha.in. 4 February 2008. Retrieved 1 October 2015.
  11. ^ "Google Maps".
  12. ^ "Varkala aquarium thrown open to visitors".
  13. ^ "VGP Marine Kingdom · SH 49, Injambakkam, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600115, India".

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