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West Bengal23 May 2024 · 4 min read
6 Offbeat Destinations To Visit in Kolkata
Kolkata, “The City of Joy”, or the “cultural capital of India”, must be on every traveller’s bucket list. If you love travelling to historic places and colonial architecture, welcome to Kolkata. You cannot miss landmarks like the Victoria Memorial, Howrah Bridge, and Park Street, but there are lesser-known, offbeat destinations to visit in Kolkata. If
By Aritri Raha
West Bengal2 Jan 2023 · 4 min read
Top 10 Places to Explore When You are in Kolkata
Kolkata (previously known as Calcutta) is located on the eastern banks of the Hooghly river. One of the most populated cities in the world, Kolkata was also the capital of India from 1772 to 1911. Originally under the rulership of the Nawabs, the British took over control in 1772 because of the city’s strategic importance
By Bharat Kumar Bardia
West Bengal16 Aug 2022 · 4 min read
From Calcutta to Kolkata: How the First Capital of India has Evolved?
Kolkata is the capital of the north-eastern state of West Bengal in India. It was formerly known as Calcutta, the first capital of the British Indian Empire from 1772 to 1911. The city is the heart of Bengal where peoples of several races, religions and castes lived together happily. It is the motherland of culture,
By Piyali Das
West Bengal6 May 2022 · 4 min read
Top 10 Dishes to Try in Kolkata
Before informing you about the dishes to try in Kolkata you should know about Kolkata, the city of joy, that it is a hub of some amazing traditional cuisines which will make you return to this city again and again. If you are thinking about visiting Kolkata but do not know what to try must, then we
By Manasi Guha Roy
West Bengal28 Feb 2022 · 2 min read
One Day-Trip To Kolkata- Guide To Belur Math and Dakshineshwar
Are you excited enough to pack your bags and have a day trip to India? Then you are on the right page. Last year around the Christmas season, I started my one day trip to Kolkata, the capital city of Bengal. Kolkata, being the loudest and the most chaotic one, will add up to your
By Aruna Mandal
West Bengal28 Feb 2022 · 7 min read
12 Places You Must Explore in Kolkata
Are you a hodophile who loves to travel so much? Or are you planning a short trip to Kolkata with your friends and family? However, if you are confused about the trip destination in Kolkata! Then do not worry, you are already on the right page. Here we will discuss 12 places you must explore
By Aruna Mandal
West Bengal31 Jan 2022 · 5 min read
10 Awesome things to do in Kolkata
Kolkata, more fondly known as, the “City of Joy,” welcomes you with more warmth than you could have ever asked for. The city has remained a cultural and tourism hub for over eternity and still maintains the vintage charm. The Victoria Memorial’s classic architecture as well as the out-of-the-world quaint tram ride through the green
By Suraj B
Food8 Jul 2021 · 4 min read
10 Destinations of India where you can taste authentic street foods
If you are on the streets of India and you haven’t tasted the food out there, then your trip is not over yet. India is indeed bliss for people who enjoy and live for street foods. Hot and spicy street food is like a small bunch of pleasure. Many people are lost in the clouds
By Yash Sukhwal
West Bengal4 Jun 2021 · 3 min read
Chinese breakfast at Kolkata’s China town -Territy Bazar
Nearly 70 years ago, the first wave of immigration brought a handful of Chinese Hakka people into the Bow Bazar area of northern Calcutta, which followed the creation of a small settlement of the Chinese-Indian community in the very heart of post-independent Calcutta. Consequently, the Chinese influence in the food culture of Kolkata has been
By Sreeja Mitra
Odisha23 Dec 2020 · 6 min read
A Trip to Bhubaneswar from Kolkata
Swarna Tribhuja, the Golden Triangle of the East is the most visited tourist destination in Odisha. Bhubaneswar, the capital of Odisha, being only 365km away from Kolkata, it is an easily accessible quick gateway option for the people of Kolkata and I have been fortunate enough to frequently visit Bhubaneswar and immerse in the beauty
By Somwrita Mondal
West Bengal8 Dec 2020 · 14 min read
Kolkata: The City of Joy
Overview Kolkata formerly Calcutta, which was the capital of British India is now the capital of West Bengal and the second-largest city in India (after Mumbai). It is home to India’s major ports. Better known as the cultural capital of India, Kolkata has given rise to generations of poets, writers, film producers and Nobel Prize
By Somwrita Mondal
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