Kolkata Culture Confluence of India

The ever popular Salt Lake Stadium , or the Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan right at the entrance of Salt Lake...

The Biswa Bangla Gate is the entrance gate to the Biswa Bangla Convention Centre located in New Town, Kolkata. It...

'Eden Gardens' is popularly associated with the internationally famous cricket stadium of Calcutta . However , the stadium was named...

B. B. D. stands for three young Indian independence activists — Benoy Basu, Badal Gupta and Dinesh Gupta— who on 8 December 1930 assassinated the Inspector...

Birla Mandir in Kolkata, India, is a Hindu temple on Asutosh Chowdhury Avenue, Ballygunge, built by the industrialist Birla family. It is dedicated to Vishnu avatars such as Rama and Krishna. The construction...

Like most cities Kolkata or the erstwhile Calcutta has grown around a river, here the Hoogly, the most westerly  and...

Durga Puja is a major Hindu festival celebrated in India, where the Goddess Durga is worshipped for nine days in...

The cricket grounds were built between  Babughat  and Fort William. The stadium is in the B. B. D. Bagh area...

The Esplanade Mansions which was the erstwhile Matthewson is a heritage building located at the crossing of Esplanade Row and...

Durga Puja is a ten-day event, of which the last five days involve certain rituals and practices. The festival begins...

The Calcutta High Court is the oldest High Court in India. It is located at Esplanade Row West, Kolkata, West Bengal. It has jurisdiction over the state of West Bengal and the Union...

The Howrah Bridge is a balanced cantilever bridge over the Hooghly River in West Bengal. Commissioned in 1943, the bridge was originally named the New Howrah Bridge, because it...