Kolkata, India

All About Kolkata, India

Kolkata, broadly known as the 'City of Joy', isn't simply one more metro city, yet has a vital spot ever of. Its situated on the east bank of the Hooghly River, Kolkata genuinely holds the quintessence of Eastern India. 

Being an authentic city, Kolkata is home to various castles, landmarks, and sanctuaries bearing design criticalness.

Home to savants, football lunatics, fish darlings and Durga Puja the lovely city of Kolkata is the second biggest city in India after New Delhi. 

The city, that was before the capital of India, happened to be the second most imperative city for the British Empire after London. 

Here are a couple of things that maybe individuals outside West Bengal and the Bengali people group, are not by any stretch of the imagination mindful of. 

Peruse it up and have a ton of fun while likewise expand your general learning about the city.


Top Tourist Attractions In Kolkata


There are many places to roam in Kolkata. These are shown in certain categories like -

  • 1.  Monuments & Historical Places
  • 2.  Market
  • 3.  Parks
  • 4.  Stadium 

Take a tour...........


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1. Monuments & Historical Places



Victoria Memorial, Kolkata, www.finaldatabase.com
Victoria Memorial, Kolkata

Victoria Memorial

The stupendous white royal residence in the midst of the lavish green greenery enclosures not just overpowers the guests, it additionally offers a time-machine ride back to the British age. 

The arrangement of this landmark to remember Queen Victoria, was brought about by Viceroy Lord Curzon. What's more, the thought came to fruition through the wonderful creative energy of Sir William Emerson. White Makrana marbles were utilized to fabricate the exquisite structure. 

Its style is propelled by the British and the Mughal engineering patterns. The exhibition hall inside the Victoria Memorial has a rich accumulation of works of art, models, coins, maps, weapons and other intriguing things from the authentic ages.

Fort William, Kolkata, www.finaldatabase.com
Fort William, Kolkata

Fort William

Post William, one of the most established verifiable tombs in Kolkata, goes back to the seventeenth Century. There are the old fortress and the new stronghold; The East India Company developed the main post in 1696. 

It was caught by the then Bengal ruler Siraj Ud Daulah; the organization fabricated a second post in Maidan. 

The old stronghold was recovered by the organization in 1766. The stronghold was named after the King of England and Ireland, King William III. The physical fortress is worked in a geometric structure. 

It has six doors including the Chowringhee and the Treasury entryway. By and by it is claimed by the Indian Army.


Dakshineshwar Kali Temple, Kolkata, www.finaldatabase.com
Dakshineshwar Kali Temple, Kolkata

Dakshineshwar Kali Temple

Dakshineswar Kali sanctuary in Kolkata has a heavenly past. It was worked by Rani Rasmoni, a devout woman from a noble foundation. She bought a colossal plot of land next to the Hoogly stream and built up the Kali sanctuary in 1855. 

Alongside the principle Kali sanctuary, there are twelve sanctuaries of ruler Shiva in his twelve distinct names. The sanctuary development pursues the common structural example of Bengal. 

Master Sri Ramakrishna was the celebrated cleric of this sanctuary, after his senior sibling. He dwelled here with his better half Sri Ma Sarada Devi and it was a position of get-together for his fans. 

This spot isn't only a sanctuary, however a spot where an incredible otherworldly unrest occurred amid the nineteenth Century.


Indian Museum, Kolkata, www.finaldatabase.com
Indian Museum, Kolkata

Indian Museum

An eminent researcher, sir William Jones, set up the Asiatic culture in Kolkata in 1784, with the end goal of advancing the development of culture and workmanship. 

It turned into an advanced assembling of rumored researchers who needed to guarantee the development and safeguarding of the Indian culture.

In 1808, The Indian Museum initially came to fruition through the sincere endeavors of the Asiatic culture individuals. Presently it is the greatest exhibition hall in India and furthermore in the Asia-Pacific locale. 

The exhibition hall has diverse sections of accumulations, to name, the Zoological, Archeological, Geological, Anthropological, Art and Culture and a couple of more fragments. 

Locally it is known as the 'Jadughar', and you need an entire day or significantly over one days, to cover the whole Museum.


Marble Palace, Kolkata, www.finaldatabase.com
Marble Palace, Kolkata

Marble Palace

The royal residence of Raja Rajendra Mullick, worked in 1835, is the observer of the high-class taste of Bengal amid the British ages. Marble Palace being made of smooth white marble, represents the loftiness of its creator. 

The excellent columns, wide patios and masterful engineering bear the mark of the gentry of the then rich class of Bengal. Inside, it has a rich accumulation of sketches and fine arts, by acclaimed craftsmen like Titian, Ruben, Murillo and others. 

The guests need the grant from the West Bengal Tourism Information Bureau, 24 hours before visiting the castle. The royal residence is a living arrangement of the beneficiaries of the illustrious family.


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2. Market

College Street, Kolkata, www.finaldatabase.com
College Street, Kolkata

College Street

As some place the name school proposes, this spot predominantly focuses on the increasingly more assortment of books. This spot principally offers a portion of the old books that can't be found anyplace else in Kolkata. 

This market is world's biggest book advertise for second-hand books and India's biggest book showcase.

From this, you can envision the quantity of books you will arrive. This book market can offer you numerous uncommon books at a reasonable cost. 

You can likewise take a load off at the adjacent café close to this book showcase.

New Market, Kolkata, www.finaldatabase.com
New Market, Kolkata

New Market          

This is one of the most established markets in Kolkata which is renowned for its assortment of shopping things. 

With more than 2,000 slows down accessible for shopping, this spot is a standout amongst the best with regards to discovering some eye-infectious and inventive stuff.

You can discover wide assortments of sarees and other garments materials. It is likewise where at night a large portion of the neighborhood dealers show their slows down for nearby adornments and various types of sacks. 

As this spot is a treat to the bargainers, you should anticipate a vast group, particularly at night.

Howrah Phool Bazaar, Kolkata, www.finaldatabase.com
Howrah Phool Bazaar, Kolkata

Howrah Phool Bazaar

Blooms can add appeal to any enhancements, would it say it isn't? In the event that you also are in a need to purchase blooms for any of your events and are searching for the best spot where you can get a gigantic assortment of blossoms then this blossom market of Kolkata is your goal. 

Regardless of what your need is, you will without a doubt find that effectively in this market. This entire merchant commercial center for blooms has a huge assortment of blossoms and offers that at a moderate cost.

Bara Bazaar, Kolkata, www.finaldatabase.com
Bara Bazaar, Kolkata

Bara Bazaar

Bara Bazaar in Kolkata can be entirely relatable to the bustling markets of Delhi like Chandni Chowk. This market is separated into a few areas as it offers a tremendous assortment of everything that you would require.

Directly from flavors, electronic things, beauty care products, home fundamentals, toys to fake adornments and materials, this spot can offer you nearly everything. 

In the event that you are suspecting that such assortment would cost you parcels, at that point to a shock, this market is amazingly modest and moderate.

Dakshinapan Shopping Center, Kolkata, www.finaldatabase.com
Dakshinapan Shopping Center, Kolkata

Dakshinapan Shopping Center

This strip mall in Kolkata is world acclaimed for its gathering of handiwork things. There are numerous emporiums which offer distinctive merchandise at different costs. 

It additionally makes a decent alternative for purchasing garments at a less expensive cost. The close-by coffee bar has 20 distinct kinds of natural product tea to invite you. 

There are numerous choices for blessings accessible at this spot for visitors who need to take something back home for close ones.

Hatibagan Market, Kolkata, www.finaldatabase.com
Hatibagan Market, Kolkata

Hatibagan Market

This spot, which is presently well known for the astonishing gathering of cotton sarees, was once celebrated for the quantity of various feathered creatures and creatures sold. 

Indeed, even at the time, the spot observers overwhelming group however the flame made immense harm this spot.

Indeed, even after most of the spot got harmed by flame, the rest of the market sells best cotton and silk sarees at a moderate cost. 

This spot is amazingly packed in the nighttimes and on siestas.


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3.  Parks

Botanical Gardens, Kolkata, www.finaldatabase.com
Botanical Gardens, Kolkata

Botanical Gardens

The Botanical gardens in Kolkata was beforehand is in the past known as Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Indian Botanic Gardens, which is under the Ministry of Environment and Forests of the Government. 

It is known to have numerous uncommon plants and trees with all can be meant around 12,000.

Deshapriya Park, Kolkata, www.finaldatabase.com
Deshapriya Park, Kolkata


Deshapriya Park

Deshapriya Park arranged in the southern Kolkata is a play ground where understudies are prepared in games like cricket, tennis and football. 

Amid the Durga Puja the whole park is transformed into a 'mela' which incorporates delight rides and their well known 'pandal'. 

The recreation center is encompassed by a bustling road which incorporates Priya Cinema corridor, eateries and shops.

Central Park, Kolkata, www.finaldatabase.com
Central Park, Kolkata

Central Park

Central park is the second biggest open space after Maidan. This park is arranged in Bidhannagar where the zone that is encompassing the recreation center is loaded with government offices. 

The recreation center has been kept up well by the legislature with legitimately hacked hedges, bright blooms and trees.

Riverfront Park, Kolkata, www.finaldatabase.com
Riverfront Park, Kolkata

Riverfront Park

This park is a little way by the Hooghly waterway in Babughat which is being created for the beautification of the territory.


Millennium Park, Kolkata, www.finaldatabase.com
Millennium Park, Kolkata

Millennium Park

On the eastern shore of the River Hooghly there is this open park which lies 2.5 km from the Strand Road to Babughat. 

The recreation center is by all accounts like a colossal patio nursery and goes about as a carnival for youngsters in light of its various rides.


Nicco Park, Kolkata, www.finaldatabase.com
Nicco Park, Kolkata

Nicco Park

Nicco park an entertainment mecca covering a gigantic territory in Salt Lake. 

It has been known as The Disney Land of West Bengal since they makers of the recreation center have attempted their best to give the general population the most ideal of entertainments; from making a little Eiffel Tower to toy trains and twisters. 

They likewise have a little water park joined with it.


Safari Park, Kolkata, www.finaldatabase.com
Safari Park, Kolkata

Safari Park

Safari park is a little, all around kept up, park in south Kolkata close Gariahat Golpark. 

Outside the recreation center there is a lake which likewise has a way to stroll on, which at last prompts a little peninsular sort place. 

That place is crossed by an extension and at the very end has a mosque there. Interfacing with the whole territory there are two neighboring parks where understudies are shown cricket all the time.

4.  Stadium


Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata, www.finaldatabase.com
Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata

Salt Lake Stadium

The Salt Lake Stadium, otherwise called Vivekananda Yuva Bharati Kreedangan is the biggest arena in India by hauling limit. 

It is situated in the Salt Lake City, Kolkata and has an onlooker limit of 85,000 peoples.

The arena is maintained by the Indian Football Association and spreads a territory of 76.4 sections of land (3,09,200 m²). The arena has been remodeled in 2011 to meet the most recent mechanical headways.

The Salt Lake Stadium is the home ground to various groups like the Indian national football team, Mohan Bagan, Mohammedan Soccer Club and East Bengal.

Eden Gardens Stadium, Kolkata, www.finaldatabase.com
Eden Gardens Stadium, Kolkata

Eden Gardens Stadium

This stadium secures its name from the most seasoned park in Kolkata, the Eden Gardens. This park was planned in 1841 and named after the Eden sisters of Lord Auckland, the then Governor-General of India.

It is arranged in the B.B.D. Bagh zone of the city Kolkata. It is inverse the Calcutta High Court and close to the State Secretariat.

Eden Gardens is the greatest cricket arena in India, arranged in Kolkata. It was set up in 1864 and is the home ground of the Bengal cricket group and furthermore the IPL group KKR (Kolkata Knight Riders).

Eden Gardens has facilitated various universal Test, ODI and T20I matches to date. Presently, the arena has a limit of 100,000 roughly.



So Friends, this is a small intro of India's Earlier Capital -

" Aamor Kolkata "


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With lots of Luv........MTR