Some of the best attractions in Kolkata [Calcutta]. Calcutta name known during British Rule & legacy for centuries and subsequently changed to Kolkata is having number of heritage buildings, undisputed sceneries and facilities in the world. ( You may see Video on Kolkata aerial view – Kolkata city II 2018). You are most welcome to tour Kolkata’s most famous landmarks and check out Mother Teresa’s Mission & Mother House. You may admire the impressive architecture of iconic structures like the Howrah Bridge, Victoria Memorial, Eden Gardens, Imperial Museum, 2 nd Hoogly Bridge, Howrah Railway Station, Birla Planetarium, Technology & Industrial Museum, Science Museums, world famous Botanic Garden, underground Metro Railway, hand pulled rickshaws, tram cars, and many 0ther beautiful knowledge based Institutions and sceneries. Also experience some of the local religious places with a stop at the Bundal Church, Jain Temple, Magen David Synagogue, Kali Temple & also Durga, Kali and other Pujas and festivals. You may then tour the University of Calcutta Ravindra Sadan and other places for a bit of academic flavor. If possible, you may enjoy private tour with an expert guide to see unparallel world class facilities in order to experience the beauty of this mega city.
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Some of the best attractions in Kolkata
[Calcutta].
Calcutta name known during British Rule & legacy for
centuries and subsequently changed to Kolkata is having
number of heritage buildings, undisputed sceneries and
facilities in the world. ( You may see Video on Kolkata aerial
view – Kolkata city II 2018).
You are most welcome to tour Kolkata’s most famous
landmarks and check out Mother Teresa’s Mission &
Mother House. You may admire the impressive
architecture of iconic structures like the Howrah Bridge,
Victoria Memorial, Eden Gardens, Imperial Museum, 2nd
Hoogly Bridge, Howrah Railway Station, Birla Planetarium,
Technology & Industrial Museum, Science Museums, world
famous Botanic Garden, underground Metro Railway, hand
pulled rickshaws, tram cars, and many 0ther beautiful
knowledge based Institutions and sceneries.
Also experience some of the local religious places with a
stop at the Bundal Church, Jain Temple, Magen David
Synagogue, Kali Temple & also Durga, Kali and other Pujas
and festivals. You may then tour the University of Calcutta
Ravindra Sadan and other places for a bit of academic
flavor.
If possible, you may enjoy private tour with an expert guide
to see unparallel world class facilities in order to
experience the beauty of this mega city.
1. Howrah Bridge
➢ without any support over Hooghly River.
➢ One of the old and rare cantilever bridges in
the world.
Howrah Bridge is a bridge with a suspended span
over the Hooghly River in West Bengal, India. It
weathers the storms of the Bay of Bengal region,
carrying a daily traffic of approximately 100,000
vehicles and possibly more than 150,000 pedestrians,
easily making it the most busiest cantilever bridge in
the World.
Commissioned in 1943, the bridge was originally
named the New Howrah Bridge, but in 1965 it was
renamed Rabindra Setu after the great Bengali poet
Rabindranath Tagore, who was the first Indian and
Asian Nobel laureate. It is still popularly known as
Vidyasagar Setu (Bidyasagôr Setu), also known as the Second Hooghly Bridge (Dwitiyô Hugli Setu), is a toll bridge over the Hooghly River in West Bengal, India, linking the cities of Kolkata
(previously known as Calcutta) and Howrah.
With a total length of 823 metres (2,700 ft), Vidyasagar Setu is the longest cable–stayed bridge in India. It was the second bridge to be built across the Hooghly River; the first, the Howrah Bridge (also known as Rabindra Setu) 3.7 kilometres (2.3 mi) to the north, was completed in 1943. Named after the
The largest and the oldest planetarium in Asia, the Birla Planetarium is one of the most popular crowd pullers of Kolkata. The single storey circular structure designed in the typical Indian style, whose architecture is loosely styled on the Buddhist Great Stupa at Sanchi. Inaugurated by Jawaharlal Nehru, the planetarium was thrown open to the public in 1963 and is locally known as Taramandal.
The astronomical observatory of the planetarium is well equipped with a wide range of telescopes and accessories such as cameras and solar filters. The highly sophisticated equipment gives you a clear vision of space. Daily shows are hosted with hordes of visitors getting enlightened about the vast universe, solar systems, and the galaxies. The shows also touch upon several facts pertaining to astrophysics and astronomy, and a host of myths associated with planets and stars. The Planetarium offers an M.Phil Degree Course, a Post-Graduate Diploma course and free evening course in astronomy. The planetarium can be reached easily from the Maidan Metro Station.
The first science museum in India was set up by the industrialist Ghanshyam Das Birla at BITS, in Pilani in a hall of the Tower Building in 1954. The museum depicted mainly the industries and business enterprises which was then shifted to the present building at Calcutta after10 years.
Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy, the then Chief Minister of West
Bengal and physician was impressed to see Deutsches Museum of Munich. He thought to set up a science museum and a planetarium in Calcutta. GD Birla helped to put up the museum here.
Take a look at Kolkata’s most famous landmarks and
check out Mother Teresa’s Mission and Mother House
where Mother Theresa, Nobel Prize Laurete of City of
Joy, lived and worked for the upliftment of poor, old and
sick people.
THE WRITERS’ BUILDING
The Writers’ Building in Kolkata attracts thousands of
tourists from across the world, drawn to its stunning
architecture and design. Built in 1777, the Writers’
Building was meant to accommodate junior servants, or
‘writers’ as they were called, of the East India Company.
However, the colonial-era building has a history that’s
just as interesting. While today the Writers’ (as it’s also
known) houses the State Government of West Bengal, it
has served multiple functions over the past centuries.
Extensive remodelling and renovations have occurred most of the times the building was switched between hands. Today, there are 13 blocks; six of which were added after India won independence from British rule. The 150-metre long structure has a distinct Greco-Roman style, with several statues of Greek gods as well as a sculpture of Roman goddess Minerva commanding
It is a CNI (Church of North India) Cathedral of Anglican background in Kolkata, noted for its Gothic architecture. It is the seat of the Diocese of Calcutta. The cornerstone was laid in 1839; the building was completed in 1847.
It is said to be the largest cathedral in Kolkata and the first Episcopal Church in Asia. It was also the first cathedral built in the overseas territory of the British Empire. The edifice stands on Cathedral Road on the "island of attractions" to provide for more space for the growing population of the European community in Calcutta.
The Indian Botanical Gardens are most famous for the Great Banyan Tree, which boasts of having the largest canopy in the world, founded in 1786 with a total area of 109 Hectares. ( Speciality > It will be difficult to identify the real tree out of thousands of trees). The official name was changed to 'The Royal Botanic Garden, Calcutta' in the early 1860s. At present, it is
officially called 'Indian Botanic Garden, Howrah', or as the 'Calcutta Botanic Garden' in India and abroad.
15. Bible Society of India – a heritage
building.
On 21 February 1811, a meeting was held "at the college
of Fort William for the propriety of instituting a Bible
Society, as Auxiliary to the British and Foreign Bible Society
established in London", entitled as "The Calcutta Auxiliary
Bible Society" with the same objectives as those in
London."
16. JOROSANKO THAKUR BARI
It is the house in which the poet and first non-European
Nobel laureate, Rabindranath Tagore was born and died
on 7 August 1941. House of the Thakurs (anglicised
to Tagore) in Jorasanko, north of Kolkata, West
Bengal, India, is the ancestral home of the Tagore
family. It is currently located on the Rabindra Bharati
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.
By the year 1785 the burial ground had been extended on the northern side of Park Street and by 1840 a vast new cemetery was opened to the east of the Lower Circular Road. It has been confirmed by a marble plaque at the gate which reads "South Park Street, Opened:1767.
It is a ghat built in 1841 during the British Raj, along the Kolkata bank of the Hooghly River .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.
Prinsep Ghat is one of the oldest recreational spots of Kolkata. People visit it in the evenings on weekends to go boating on the river, stroll along the bank and purchase food from stalls there. A 2-kilometre (1.2 mi) stretch of the beautified riverfront from Princep has illuminated and landscaped gardens and pathways, fountains, and renovated ghats.
Prinsep Ghat also has a railway station named after it. 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. All royal British entourages used the Prinsep Ghat jetty for embarkation and disembarkation.
There is a jetty nearby called the Man-O-War jetty that belongs to the Kolkata Port Trust and commemorates the role played by the port in the Second World War. The jetty is mainly used by the Indian Navy.
20. Rabindra Sarobar (previously known as Dhakuria Lake)
This lake is an artificial lake in south Kolkata The name also refers to the area surrounding the 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.
Ths Shahid Minar ( Martyrs' Monument), formerly known as the Ochterlony Monument (is a monument in Kolkata that was erected in 1828 in memory of Major-general Sir David Ochterlony, commander of the British East India Company, to commemorate both his successful defense of Delhi against the Marathas in 1804 and the victory of the East India Company’s armed forces over the Gurkhas in the Anglo-Nepalese War. The monument was constructed in his memory which was was designed by J. P. Parker and paid for from public funds.
In 1969 it was rededicated to the memory of the martyrs of the Indian freedom movement and renamed the "Shaheed Minar," which means
It is also called Willingdon Bridge and Bally Bridge) is a bridge over the Hooghly River, completed in December 1932 It is 2,887 feet (880 m) long. The Bridge was built with eight spans laid at distance of 300 ft each. It is a multispan steel bridge and the length of bridge is almost half mile with 10 km approach roads on both sides.
The foundation laid with well-sinking 100 ft down the river beds and was built to provide road and rail link