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  • PATULI FLOATING MARKET

    Kolkata now has a floating market in Kolkata, near Patuli. The market has around 114 boats and 280 s...

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    PATULI FLOATING MARKET

    Kolkata now has a floating market in Kolkata, near Patuli. The market has around 114 boats and 280 shops selling fish, meat, vegetables and groceries

  • BIT WAVE SOLUTIONS

    Bit Wave Solutions

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    BIT WAVE SOLUTIONS

    Bit Wave Solutions

  • MILLENNIUM PARK

    Millennium Park is a private park in Kolkata, situated along the Strand Road on eastern shore of Hoo...

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    MILLENNIUM PARK

    Millennium Park is a private park in Kolkata, situated along the Strand Road on eastern shore of Hooghly River for a stretch of 2.5 km near Fairlie Ghat and opposite to Railway Club. The park consists of landscaped gardens and children's amusement rides. It was opened along the riverside to provide a green area for Kolkata's polluted waterway. It is a millennium gift from Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority inaugurated on 26 December 1999. The park is part of the first phases of the Kolkata Riverside Beautification Project. The park is open from 11am-8pm.

  • 7D ADVENTURE PLEX

    A 7-D movie theatre showing adrenalin and adventure films in a shopping mall

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    7D ADVENTURE PLEX

    A 7-D movie theatre showing adrenalin and adventure films in a shopping mall

  • FORT WILLIAM KOLKATA MOST E...

    Fort William is a fort built in Calcutta (presently Kolkata) on the eastern banks of the River Hoogh...

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    FORT WILLIAM KOLKATA MOST ENDURING RAJ ERA EDIFICE

    Fort William is a fort built in Calcutta (presently Kolkata) on the eastern banks of the River Hooghly, the major distributary of the River Ganges, during the early years of the Bengal Presidency of British India. It was named after King William III of England and Ireland and II of Scotland. The Fort has area of 5 km². Five of its sides face landward, and three towards the Hooghly River. The design is that of a star fort, suited to defence against cannon firing solid shot,and dates from before the advent of explosive shells. A dry moat 9 m deep and 15 m broad surrounds the fort.

  • DAVID HARE HOLY PLACE

    Palace of David Hare

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    DAVID HARE HOLY PLACE

    Palace of David Hare

  • VICTORIA MEMORIAL- HISTORY ...

    The Victoria Memorial is a large marble building in Kolkata , West Bengal, India, which was built be...

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    VICTORIA MEMORIAL- HISTORY AND ARCHITECTURE OF BRITISH ERA

    The Victoria Memorial is a large marble building in Kolkata , West Bengal, India, which was built between 1906 and 1921. It is dedicated to the memory of Queen Victoria (1819–1901) and is now a museum and tourist destination. The Victoria Memorial's architect was William Emerson. The design is in the Indo-Saracenic revivalist style which uses a mixture of British and Mughal elements with Venetian, Egyptian, Deccani and Islamic architectural influences. The building is 338 feet by 228 feet and rises to a height of 184 feet. It is constructed of white Makrana marble

ACADEMY

  • BELUR MATH - HEART OF THE R...

    Belu? Ma?h is the headquarters of the Ramakrishna Math and Mission, founded by Swami Vivekananda, a ...

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    BELUR MATH - HEART OF THE RAMAKRISHNA MOVEMENT

    Belu? Ma?h is the headquarters of the Ramakrishna Math and Mission, founded by Swami Vivekananda, a chief disciple of Ramakrishna Paramahamsa. The temple is notable for its architecture that fuses Hindu, Christian and Islamic motifs as a symbol of unity of all religions. The 40-acre campus of the Belur Math on the banks of the Ganges includes temples dedicated to Ramakrishna, Sarada Devi and Swami Vivekananda. In January 1897, Swami Vivekananda arrived in Colombo with his small group of Western disciples. Two monasteries were founded by him, one at Belur, which became the headquarters of Ramakrishna Mission and the other at Mayavati on the Himalayas, in Champawat District, Uttrakhand, called the Advaita Ashrama. These monasteries were meant to receive and train young men who would eventually become sannyasis of the Ramakrishna Mission, and to give them a training for their work. The same year the philanthropic activity was started and relief of the famine was carried out.

  • ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS

    The Academy of Fine Arts, in Kolkata is one of the oldest fine arts societies in India. The academy ...

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    ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS

    The Academy of Fine Arts, in Kolkata is one of the oldest fine arts societies in India. The academy was formally established in 1933 by Lady Ranu Mukherjee. It was initially located in a room loaned by the Indian Museum, and the annual exhibitions used to take place in the adjoining verandah. In the 1950s, the academy was shifted to a much larger space in the Cathedral Road, beside St. Paul’s Cathedral, the present location.

  • MOTHER WAX MUSEUM - FIRST W...

    Mother's Wax Museum (MWM) is a wax museum located in New Town, Kolkata, India. Established in Novemb...

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    MOTHER WAX MUSEUM - FIRST WAX MUSEUM IN INDIA

    Mother's Wax Museum (MWM) is a wax museum located in New Town, Kolkata, India. Established in November 2014, MWM is touted as the first wax museum in India. It has been modeled on the famous Madame Tussauds museum and consists of wax statues of more than 19 famous personalities. The museum has been named after Mother Teresa

  • BIRLA INDUSTRIAL & TECHNOLO...

    The first science museum in India was set up by the industrialist Ghanshyam Das Birla at BITS, in Pi...

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    BIRLA INDUSTRIAL & TECHNOLOGICAL MUSEUM

    The first science museum in India was set up by the industrialist Ghanshyam Das Birla at BITS, in Pilani in a hall (185 sq.mt area) of the Tower Building. The museum depicted mainly the industries and business enterprises of the Birlas. The museum was opened to the public in 1954. Ten years later the museum was shifted to the present building.

  • BIRLA PLANETARIUM - SECOND ...

    The Birla Planetarium in Kolkata, West Bengal, India, is a single-storeyed circular structure design...

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    BIRLA PLANETARIUM - SECOND LARGEST PLANETARIUM IN THE WORLD

    The Birla Planetarium in Kolkata, West Bengal, India, is a single-storeyed circular structure designed in the typical Indian style, whose architecture is loosely styled on the Buddhist Stupa at Sanchi. It is the largest planetarium in Asia and the second largest planetarium in the world. Popularly known as taramandal, the planetarium was inaugurated on 2 July 1963 by the then Prime Minister of India, Jawaharlal Nehru. It has an electronics laboratory for design and fabrication of science equipment. It has an astronomy gallery that maintains a huge collection of fine paintings and celestial models of renowned astronomers. The Planetarium also has an astronomical observatory equipped with a Celestron C-14 Telescope with accessories such as ST6 CCD camera and solar filter. It offers to the public and students more than 100 astronomical projects dealing with various facts of astronomy, astro-physics, Space Science as well as myths concerning stars and planets.

  • SCIENCE CITY - LARGEST AND ...

    Science City, Kolkata is the largest science centre in the Indian subcontinent. The whole centre was...

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    SCIENCE CITY - LARGEST AND FINEST SCIENCE MUSEUME IN INDIA

    Science City, Kolkata is the largest science centre in the Indian subcontinent. The whole centre was opened on 1 July 1997. It has hands-on and interactive exhibits on various topics of science encouraging visitors to experience with props and enjoy the underlying scientific principles.

ARCHITECTURE

  • PATULI FLOATING MARKET

    Kolkata now has a floating market in Kolkata, near Patuli. The market has around 114 boats and 280 s...

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    Published: 09/2017

    PATULI FLOATING MARKET

    Kolkata now has a floating market in Kolkata, near Patuli. The market has around 114 boats and 280 shops selling fish, meat, vegetables and groceries

  • BIT WAVE SOLUTIONS

    Bit Wave Solutions

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    Published: 09/2017

    BIT WAVE SOLUTIONS

    Bit Wave Solutions

  • MARBLE PALACE- NINETEENTH-C...

    Marble Palace is a palatial nineteenth-century mansion in North Kolkata.It is one of the best-preser...

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    MARBLE PALACE- NINETEENTH-CENTURY MANSION IN NORTH KOLKATA

    Marble Palace is a palatial nineteenth-century mansion in North Kolkata.It is one of the best-preserved and most elegant houses of nineteenth-century Calcutta. The mansion is famous for its marble walls, floors, and sculptures, from which it derives its name. The house is Neoclassical in style, while the plan with its open courtyards is largely traditional Bengali. Marble Palace houses many Western sculptures, pieces of Victorian furniture, paintings by European and Indian artists, and other artifacts. Decorative objects include large chandeliers, clocks, floor to ceiling mirrors, urns, and royal busts

  • HOWRAH BRIDGE- BUSIEST CANT...

    Howrah Bridge is span over the Hooghly River. Commissioned in 1943 the bridge was originally named t...

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    HOWRAH BRIDGE- BUSIEST CANTILEVER BRIDGE IN THE WORLD

    Howrah Bridge is span over the Hooghly River. Commissioned in 1943 the bridge was originally named the New Howrah Bridge, because it replaced a pontoon bridge at the same location linking the two cities of Howrah and Kolkata. On 14 June 1965 it was renamed Rabindra Setu after the great Bengali poet Rabindranath Tagore, who was the first Indian and Asian Nobel laureate. It carrying a daily traffic of approximately 100,000 vehicles and possibly more than 150,000 pedestrians, easily making it the busiest cantilever bridge in the world. The third-longest cantilever bridge at the time of its construction, the Howrah Bridge is currently the sixth-longest bridge of its type in the world.

  • VIDYASAGAR SETU - LONGEST C...

    Vidyasagar Setu also known as the Second Hooghly Bridge. With a total length of 823 metres, Vidyasag...

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    VIDYASAGAR SETU - LONGEST CABLE–STAYED BRIDGE IN INDIA

    Vidyasagar Setu also known as the Second Hooghly Bridge. With a total length of 823 metres, Vidyasagar Setu is the longest cable–stayed bridge in India. Named after the educationist reformer Pandit Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar. Vidyasagar Setu is a cable-stayed bridge, with 121 cables in a fan arrangement, built using steel pylons 127.62 metres high. With a total length of 823 metres, Vidyasagar Setu is the longest cable–stayed bridge in India. The deck is made of composite steel-reinforced concrete with two carriageways. The total width of the bridge is 35 metres, with 3 lanes in each direction and a 1.2 metres-wide footpath on each side. The deck over the main span is 457.20 metres long. The two side spans are supported by parallel wire cables and are 182.88 metres long. Vidyasagar Setu is a toll bridge. It has capacity to handle more than 85,000 vehicles in a day

  • FORT WILLIAM KOLKATA MOST E...

    Fort William is a fort built in Calcutta (presently Kolkata) on the eastern banks of the River Hoogh...

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    Published: 09/2017

    FORT WILLIAM KOLKATA MOST ENDURING RAJ ERA EDIFICE

    Fort William is a fort built in Calcutta (presently Kolkata) on the eastern banks of the River Hooghly, the major distributary of the River Ganges, during the early years of the Bengal Presidency of British India. It was named after King William III of England and Ireland and II of Scotland. The Fort has area of 5 km². Five of its sides face landward, and three towards the Hooghly River. The design is that of a star fort, suited to defence against cannon firing solid shot,and dates from before the advent of explosive shells. A dry moat 9 m deep and 15 m broad surrounds the fort.

  • VICTORIA MEMORIAL- HISTORY ...

    The Victoria Memorial is a large marble building in Kolkata , West Bengal, India, which was built be...

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    Published: 09/2017

    VICTORIA MEMORIAL- HISTORY AND ARCHITECTURE OF BRITISH ERA

    The Victoria Memorial is a large marble building in Kolkata , West Bengal, India, which was built between 1906 and 1921. It is dedicated to the memory of Queen Victoria (1819–1901) and is now a museum and tourist destination. The Victoria Memorial's architect was William Emerson. The design is in the Indo-Saracenic revivalist style which uses a mixture of British and Mughal elements with Venetian, Egyptian, Deccani and Islamic architectural influences. The building is 338 feet by 228 feet and rises to a height of 184 feet. It is constructed of white Makrana marble

ENTERTAINMENT

  • BOTANICAL GARDEN - COLLECTI...

    The Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Indian Botanic Garden Indian Botanic Garden). The gardens exhibit ...

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    BOTANICAL GARDEN - COLLECTION OF OVER 12,000 SPECIMENS TREE

    The Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Indian Botanic Garden Indian Botanic Garden). The gardens exhibit a wide variety of rare plants and a total collection of over 12,000 specimens spread over 109 hectares. The gardens were founded in 1786 by Colonel Robert Kyd, an army officer of the British East India Company, primarily for the purpose of identifying new plants of commercial value, such as teak, and growing spices for trade. The best-known landmark of the garden is The Great Banyan, an enormous banyan tree that is reckoned to be the largest tree in the world, at more than 330 metres in circumference. Animals seen inside the Botanic Garden include the Jackal, Indian mongoose and the Indian Fox. A large numbers of varieties snakes also found in the garden.

  • MILLENNIUM PARK

    Millennium Park is a private park in Kolkata, situated along the Strand Road on eastern shore of Hoo...

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    MILLENNIUM PARK

    Millennium Park is a private park in Kolkata, situated along the Strand Road on eastern shore of Hooghly River for a stretch of 2.5 km near Fairlie Ghat and opposite to Railway Club. The park consists of landscaped gardens and children's amusement rides. It was opened along the riverside to provide a green area for Kolkata's polluted waterway. It is a millennium gift from Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority inaugurated on 26 December 1999. The park is part of the first phases of the Kolkata Riverside Beautification Project. The park is open from 11am-8pm.

  • RABINDRA SAROBAR

    Rabindra Sarobar is an artificial lake in south Kolkata. In the early 1920s, the Calcutta Improvemen...

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    RABINDRA SAROBAR

    Rabindra Sarobar is an artificial lake in south Kolkata. In the early 1920s, the Calcutta Improvement Trust (CIT), a body responsible for developmental work in the Kolkata metropolitan area, acquired about 192 acres (0.78 km2) of marshy jungles. Their intention was to develop the area for residential use – improving the roads, raising and levelling some of the adjacent land and building lakes and parks. Excavation work was undertaken with the plan of creating a huge lake. Originally known as Dhakuria Lake, in May 1958, CIT renamed the lake as Rabindra Sarovar, as a tribute to the great Bengali writer and Nobel Laureate, Rabindranath Tagore.

  • ALIPORE ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS ...

    The Zoological Garden, Alipore is a big tourist attraction in Kolkata. It has been open as a zoo sin...

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    ALIPORE ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS - INDIAS OLDEST ZOOLOGICAL PARK ALIPORE ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS INDIAS OLDEST ZOOLOGICAL PARK

    The Zoological Garden, Alipore is a big tourist attraction in Kolkata. It has been open as a zoo since 1876, and covers 18.81 ha. It is probably best known as the home of the now expired Aldabra giant tortoise Adwaita, who was reputed to have been over 250 years old when he died in 2006. It draws huge crowds during the winter season, especially during December and January. The highest attendance till date was on December 25, 2016 with 81,000 visitors. The zoo displays a large number of crowd-pulling megafauna, including the royal Bengal tiger, African lion, Asiatic lion, jaguar, hippopotamus, great etc. The zoo sports a large collection of attractive birds, including some threatened species - large parrots including a number of macaw species, conures, lories and lorikeets; other large birds like touracos and hornbills.

  • PARK STREET - FAMOUS THOROU...

    Park Street (officially Mother Teresa Sarani and earlier Burial Ground Road), is a famous thoroughfa...

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    PARK STREET - FAMOUS THOROUGHFARE IN THE CITY

    Park Street (officially Mother Teresa Sarani and earlier Burial Ground Road), is a famous thoroughfare in the city of Kolkata. In the 1970s and 1980s much of Kolkata's night life took place at Park Street. Many noted musicians had played at popular night spots such as Trinca's, Blue Fox, Mocambo and Moulin Rouge. Even before that, in the 1940s, 50s and 60s Kolkata's prolific night life was centred on Park Street. Park Street remains Kolkata's foremost dining district, with many restaurants and pubs. It is often known as 'Food Street' and 'The Street that Never Sleeps'

  • NICCO PARK - ADVENTURE RIDE...

    The park was created to attract tourists to the state by providing family-friendly recreation as wel...

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    NICCO PARK - ADVENTURE RIDES

    The park was created to attract tourists to the state by providing family-friendly recreation as well as educative entertainment. Nicco Park opened on 13 October 1991, and has since been referred to as the Disneyland of West Bengal. Presently, the 40 acre park is home to over 35 different attractions and has served over 24 million customers. Nicco Park has approximately thirty-five rides that include the Toy Train, Tilt-a-Whirl, Magic Carpet, Paddle Boat, Water Chute, Water Coaster, Flying Saucer, Pirate Ship, River Caves, Cyclone and Moonraker. The Giant Cyclone, added in 2003, is among Asia's largest. The ride 750 meters in length, has seven drops and goes as high as 55 feet.

  • ECO PARK - BIGGEST URBAN PA...

    New Town Eco Park the biggest park so far in India. The park is situated on a 480 acres plot and is ...

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    ECO PARK - BIGGEST URBAN PARK IN INDIA

    New Town Eco Park the biggest park so far in India. The park is situated on a 480 acres plot and is surrounded by a 104 acres waterbody with an island in the middle. The park has been divided into three broad parts; 1) ecological zones like wetlands, grasslands, and urban forest, 2)theme gardens and open spaces, 3)and urban recreational spaces. You can have rides like Paddle Boating, Shikara Riding, Duo Cycling, Speed Boat, Kayaking

  • 7D ADVENTURE PLEX

    A 7-D movie theatre showing adrenalin and adventure films in a shopping mall

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    7D ADVENTURE PLEX

    A 7-D movie theatre showing adrenalin and adventure films in a shopping mall

  • EDEN GARDENS - SECOND-LARGE...

    Eden Gardens cricket ground in Kolkata established in 1864. It is the home venue of the Bengal crick...

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    EDEN GARDENS - SECOND-LARGEST CRICKET STADIUM IN THE WORLD

    Eden Gardens cricket ground in Kolkata established in 1864. It is the home venue of the Bengal cricket team and the IPL franchise cricket team Kolkata Knight Riders, and is also a venue for Test, ODI and T20I matches of the India national cricket team. Between 1987 and 2011, Eden Gardens had a seating capacity of 94,000. The stadium currently has a capacity of 68,000 and is the largest cricket stadium in India and the second-largest cricket stadium in the world. Eden Gardens is often regarded informally as India's home of cricket. In 1987, Eden Gardens became the second stadium to host a World Cup final. The 2016 ICC World Twenty20 final was held at the Eden Gardens. Through 2017, it has hosted the highest number of International matches in India - 82 that includes 40 Test matches, 31 ODIs and 6 T20Is, 4 Women ODIs and 1 Women T20I.

  • AQUATICA - WATER PARK

    Aquatica is an 75000sq ft water theme park in Kolkata, India. The theme park was started in 1999. It...

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    AQUATICA - WATER PARK

    Aquatica is an 75000sq ft water theme park in Kolkata, India. The theme park was started in 1999. It is one of the largest water amusement parks in eastern India. Aquatica has a number of rides including tremendously exciting ones like the Black Hole, the Wave Pool, Niagara Falls, surf racer, Tornado and the Aqua Dance Floor. There is a GoKarting track adjacent to Aquatica for the die-hard karting lovers. is quite a popular destination on the day of holi.

  • MYSTERY ROOMS- THE ULTIMATE...

    A Real Life Escape Game Experience. Mystery Rooms is a challenging race against the clock where the ...

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    MYSTERY ROOMS- THE ULTIMATE LIVE ESCAPE ADVENTURE

    A Real Life Escape Game Experience. Mystery Rooms is a challenging race against the clock where the sole motive is to get yourself out of a theme based room before time kicks you out!

HISTORY

  • RABINDRA BHARATI MUSEUM, JO...

    Jorasanko Thakur Bari is the ancestral home of the Tagore family. It is currently located on the Rab...

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    RABINDRA BHARATI MUSEUM, JORASAKO THAKURBARI- DISTINGUISHED SEAT OF THE TAGORE FAMILY

    Jorasanko Thakur Bari is the ancestral home of the Tagore family. It is currently located on the Rabindra Bharati University campus. It is the house in which the poet and first non-European Nobel laureate, Rabindranath Tagore was born. It is also the place where he spent most of his childhood. Currently it serves as the Tagore museum for Kolkata. The museum offers details about the history of the Tagore family including its involvement with the Bengal Renaissance and the Brahmo Samaj.

  • JAMES PRINSEP GHAT

    Prinsep Ghats built in 1841 during the British Raj, along the Kolkata bank of the Hooghly River in I...

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    JAMES PRINSEP GHAT

    Prinsep Ghats built in 1841 during the British Raj, along the Kolkata bank of the Hooghly River in India. The Palladian porch in the memory of the eminent Anglo-Indian scholar and antiquary James Prinsep was designed by W. Fitzgerald and constructed in 1843. The monument to Prinsep is rich in Greek and Gothic inlays. In its initial years, all royal British entourages used the Prinsep Ghat jetty for embarkation and disembarkation.

  • SISTER NIVEDITAS OLD HOUSE

    It is just another old house in north Calcutta - nondescript, ordinary. Sister Nivedita lived from 1...

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    SISTER NIVEDITAS OLD HOUSE

    It is just another old house in north Calcutta - nondescript, ordinary. Sister Nivedita lived from 1898 to 1911.Inspired by her interactions with Swami Vivekananda, when the Irish social activist left her home in England for India, she was still Margaret Elizabeth Noble. It was in Calcutta in 1898, that she slipped into her Indian identity. This two-storey house was the most intimate witness of this spiritual metamorphosis.

  • DAVID HARE HOLY PLACE

    Palace of David Hare

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    DAVID HARE HOLY PLACE

    Palace of David Hare

  • INDIAN MUSEUM - ORIGIN AND ...

    The Indian Museum in Kolkata is the largest and oldest museum in India and has rare collections of a...

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    INDIAN MUSEUM - ORIGIN AND GROWTH OF CIVILIZATIONS

    The Indian Museum in Kolkata is the largest and oldest museum in India and has rare collections of antiques, armour and ornaments, fossils, skeletons, mummies, and Mughal paintings. It was founded by the Asiatic Society of Bengal in in 1814. The founder curator was Nathaniel Wallich, a Danish botanist. It has six sections comprising thirty five galleries of cultural and scientific artifacts namely Art, Archaeology, Anthropology, Geology, Zoology and Economic Botany. Many rare and unique specimens, both Indian and trans-Indian, relating to humanities and natural sciences, are preserved and displayed in the galleries.

  • SOUTH PARK STREET CEMETERY

    South Park Street Cemetery is located on Mother Teresa Sarani, Kolkata, India. The road used to be c...

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    SOUTH PARK STREET CEMETERY

    South Park Street Cemetery is located on Mother Teresa Sarani, Kolkata, India. The road used to be called Park Street, and prior to that Burial Ground Road.The Park Street Cemetery was one of the earliest non-church cemeteries in the world, and probably the largest Christian cemetery outside Europe and America in the 19th century. Opened in 1767 on what was previously a marshy area, the cemetery was in use until about 1830 and is now a heritage site.

RELIGION

  • DAKSHINESWAR KALI TEMPLE

    The Dakshineswar Kali Temple was founded around the middle of the 19th century by Rani Rashmoni. In ...

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    DAKSHINESWAR KALI TEMPLE

    The Dakshineswar Kali Temple was founded around the middle of the 19th century by Rani Rashmoni. In the year 1847, Rashmoni, prepared to go upon a long pilgrimage to the sacred Hindu city of Kashi to express her devotions to the Divine Mother. Rani was to travel in twenty four boats, carrying relatives, servants and supplies. According to traditional accounts, the night before the pilgrimage began, Rashmoni had a vision of the Divine Mother, in the form of the goddess Kali in a dream and reportedly said. Dakshineswar Kali Temple was built in the traditional 'Nava-ratna' or nine spires style of Bengal architecture, the three-storeyed south-facing temple has nine spires distributed in upper two storeys, and stands on a high platform with a flight of stairs, overall it measures 46 feet square and rises over 100 feet high.

  • KALIGHAT KALI TEMPLE

    Kalighat Kali Temple is a Hindu temple in, dedicated to the Hindu goddess Kali. It is one of the 51 ...

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    KALIGHAT KALI TEMPLE

    Kalighat Kali Temple is a Hindu temple in, dedicated to the Hindu goddess Kali. It is one of the 51 Shakti Peethas. Kalighat was a Ghat (landing stage) sacred to Kali on the old course of the Hooghly river (Bhagirathi) in the city of Calcutta. The name Calcutta is said to have been derived from the word Kalighat. The river over a period of time has moved away from the temple. The temple is now on the banks of a small canal called Adi Ganga which connects to the Hoogly. The Adi Ganga was the original course of the river Hoogly. Hence the name Adi (original) Ganga.

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