Walking around graveyards isn’t everybody’s idea of fun, but to understand Kolkata you must understand the city’s past, and South Park Street Cemetery seemed like a good place to start. I ended up being totally captivated by this place, so much so that I returned twice to fully […]
Until the end of the 17th century, Baidyapur was just another nondescript village in Bengal, with the only heritage building of note being the 16th century Jora Deul. The fortunes of the village dramatically changed in the 1680s, when a gentleman named Haradhan Nandi settled here from East […]
Until the end of the 17th century, Baidyapur was just another nondescript village in Bengal, with the only heritage building of note being the 16th century Jora Deul. The fortunes of the village dramatically changed in the 1680s, when a gentleman named Haradhan Nandi settled here from East […]
Located in the north of Ambika Kalna and not far from Gopalji and Siddheshwari Kalibari Temples, Ananta Basudev (Vasudev) Temple is a typical large atchala temple with porch and triple archway, probably the commonest and most widely distributed of Bengal temple types. The foundation stone above the central […]
Located in the north of the temple town and not far from Gopalji Temple, Siddheshwari Kalibari Temple is considered the oldest and holiest temple in Ambika Kalna. The main south-facing temple is of the Jor Bangla style, consisting of two huts; one forming a porch in front and […]
Located in the north of the temple town of Ambika Kala, the Gopalji Temple is one of three 25 pinnacled (panchavimshati-ratna) temples to be found in the city. The uniqueness of this style of temple architecture is confirmed by David McCutchion, who in the 1960s recorded just five […]
Constructed in 1786 by Krishna Ram Mitra, the Dewan of the Maharaja of Bardhaman, the Radha Govinda Mandir in Antpur has some of the finest terracotta decoration to be found anywhere in West Bengal. This is in part due to the softer alluvial clay that could be sourced […]
Situated 60km north-west of Kolkata, the recorded history of Dasghara goes back more than 700 years. Trade and commerce once flourished here under the rule of the Baraduari Raja, who established an important trading center on the banks of the Kananadi and Bimala rivers, both tributaries of the […]
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