The Howrah Bridge is a bridge that spans the Hooghly River in Kolkata. It was originally named the New Howrah Bridge because it links the city of Howrah to its twin city, Kolkata (Calcutta). On 14 June 1965 it was renamed Rabindra Setu, after Rabindranath Tagore. The bridge is one of the four on ... |
College Street is a street in north Calcutta. It stretches (approximately) from Bowbazar to Mahatma Gandhi road crossing. It houses many centres of intellectual activity in the city. Well-known academic institutions such as Presidency College, Sanskrit College, University of Calcutta are situated... |
A splendid architectural structure in white marble, modelled on the Taj Mahal, was built in memory of Queen Victoria, between 1906 and 1921 and was formally inaugurated by the Prince of Wales, who later became King Edward VIII of England. Set in beautiful garden grounds, the Victoria Memorial hou... |
Between the Water Gate and the St George's Gate of the Fort William, on the riverbank is the Prinsep Ghat. It was built in 1843 in the everlasting memory of James Prinsep who was an extraordinarily brilliant research and at one point of time served as the honorable Secretary of the hallowed Asiat... |
St. John's Church was built by the grave of Job Charnock, the founder of Kolkata. Set up in 1820, the church building has an impressive bearing, styled on Gothic lines. The graceful church is made completely of stone and is the initial example of British masonry in India. Inside the church there ... |
At his Beadon street residence, Ishwar Ram Dulal Deb (Sarkar) from the year 1770 started organising Durga Puja. The pujo witnessed here at “Ramdulal Nibas”, 67E Beadon Street, the ancestral house of doyen of Indo – US trade Ramdulal Deb (Sarkar) can be traced back to more than two hundred a... |
In India, Kolkata is the only city to have a tram network. These are under the administration of the Calcutta Tramways Company, popularly called as CTC. Kolkata tram is the oldest operating electric tram of Asia, running since 1902. Tram lends Kolkata an old world charm and add to the romantic el... |
THE INDIAN Coffee House, on Bankim Chatterjee Street is better known as the Coffee House of Calcutta. The Indian Coffee House has several branches in Kolkata, including the College Street branch, Central Avenue branch, Medical College Kolkata branch and Jadavpur branch. The most famous Coffee Hou... |
Vidyasagar Setu (commonly known as the Second Hooghly Bridge), is a bridge over the Hooghly River in West Bengal, India. It links the city of Howrah to its twin city of Kolkata. The bridge is a toll bridge for all vehicles. It is one of the longest bridges of its type in India and one of the long... |
The White-and-blue bungalow popularly called Saheb Kuthi is the guesthouse of the Agarpara Jute Mill on the northern fringes of Kolkata. Agrapara jute mill’s stylish bungalow on the banks of the Hooghly, is a couple of minutes away from the mill. This was meant for the entertainment of visitors... |
Hooghly river a distributary of the Ganga River in West Bengal was an important transportation channel in the early history of Bengal. In its upper reaches the river is generally known as the Bhāgirathi until it reaches Hooghly. Hooghly River is an approximately 260 kilometres long splits fro... |
Kumartuli grew out of three little villages — Gobindapore, Kalikutta and Sutanooti — way back in 1690. The neighbourhood of Kumartuli is well known for its traditional image-makers and potters (kumors).The potters, who are traditionally skilled at making earthenware and clay images, are commi... |
Durga Puja is the biggest festival in Bengal. This is also known as Dussehra and Navaratri in other parts of India. Durga is the Goddess of divine power against all evils. The story goes that Mahisasur, the Buffalo Demon, through years of praying, received blessing from Lord Brahma, that no powe... |
