Kolkata, formerly known as Calcutta is not only one of the metro cities of India but also the biggest and the most important city of Eastern India. Calcutta, as i still love to call it by that name and i believe most of the Calcuttans do for that matter of fact was the Capital of India until 1911 when the British decided to make Delhi the new capital on India. Since then though Calcutta has been neglected in many aspects, one has simply not been able to neglect its very rich culture and heritage. For any foreigner a trip to India remains incomplete unless a trip to Calcutta is made. Over the years Calcutta has emerged as one of the major centres of art and culture and showed the way to the world. Besides this it has also had rapid urbanization
which has changed the skyline of the city to some extent.
Through this blog i would like to tell the people that if you ever a get a chance to visit Calcutta you must visit the following 11 places otherwise your stay would remain so very incomplete. Visiting these places will not only give you an insight to the history and culture of India but will also make you fall in love with the city.
1.Victoria Memorial
2.Marble Palace.
3.Princep Ghat
4.Birla Planetorium
5.Indian Museum
6.Esplanade/New Market
7.Howrah Bridge
8.Dakhineshwar
9.Belur Math
10.St Paul's Cathedral
11.Tram Ride past the Maidan in the evening.
VICTORIA MEMORIAL
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 under the auspices of the Ministry of Culture.[2] The memorial lies on the maidan (grounds) by the bank of the Hooghly River, near Jawaharlal Nehru road.[3]
MARBLE PALACE
Marble Palace is a palatial nineteenth-century mansion in North Kolkata. It is located at 46, Muktaram Babu Street, Kolkata 700007. It is one of the best-preserved and most elegant houses of nineteenth-century Calcutta.[1] The mansion is famous for its marble walls, floors, and sculptures, from which it derives its name.
PRINCEP GHAT
BIRLA PLANETORIUM
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.[1] Situated at Chowringhee Road adjacent to the Victoria Memorial, St. Paul's Cathedral, and the Maidan in South Kolkata, it is the largest planetarium in Asia[2] and the second largest planetarium in the world
INDIAN MUSEUM
The Indian Museum 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 Kolkata, India, in 1814
VICTORIA MEMORIAL
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 under the auspices of the Ministry of Culture.[2] The memorial lies on the maidan (grounds) by the bank of the Hooghly River, near Jawaharlal Nehru road.[3]
MARBLE PALACE
Marble Palace is a palatial nineteenth-century mansion in North Kolkata. It is located at 46, Muktaram Babu Street, Kolkata 700007. It is one of the best-preserved and most elegant houses of nineteenth-century Calcutta.[1] The mansion is famous for its marble walls, floors, and sculptures, from which it derives its name.
PRINCEP GHAT
Prinsep Ghats (Bengali: প্রিন্সেপ ঘাট) is a ghat 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.
Located between the Water Gate and the St George's Gate of the Fort William, the monument to Prinsep is rich in Greek and Gothic inlays. It was restored by the state's public works department in November 2001 and has since been well-maintained.[1] In its initial years, all royal British entourages used the Prinsep Ghat jetty for embarkation and disembarkation.[2][3][4]
Prinsep Ghat is one of the oldest recreational spots of Kolkata.
BIRLA PLANETORIUM
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.[1] Situated at Chowringhee Road adjacent to the Victoria Memorial, St. Paul's Cathedral, and the Maidan in South Kolkata, it is the largest planetarium in Asia[2] and the second largest planetarium in the world
INDIAN MUSEUM
The Indian Museum 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 Kolkata, India, in 1814
