A city more than a simple visit
Calcutta, as sentiment evokes – has been an idea that sheltered myriad expositions in varied forms. Perhaps, it was Charnock’s imagination, vision, and his commitment to the empire that transforming this malaria infested marshy swamp by the three adjacent villages – Sutanuti, Govindpur and Kalikata would let them erect the premier city in India. Of all the great cities of modern India, the city of Calcutta takes us to the bygone days to prove again and again that it owes its existence to the vision and commitment of one man. Now, it is evident that Job Charnock did not found Calcutta, but he was amongst the first few thinkers, who envisioned about the future of this city. This place had in fact, propped a very highly civilized society and had been an important trading centre, long before the first European settlers came down the Hooghly, where the city of Calcutta stands now. Although, there exists no such evident that can trail the logic of the nomenclature of Calcutta, but, the name from its past – Kalikata – bears its roots and the importance of the naming. It had been found that the place then called Kalikatah was an important religious centre due to the existence of a Kali temple in the adjacent village of Kalighat. The first literary reference to the site can be found, back in Bipradas Pipilai's magnum opus Manasa Mangala which dates back to 1495. Abul Fazl's Ain-I-Akbari dating 1596 also mentions about this place.
The three villages had extended along the river from Coolie Bazar, where the buildings of the Commissariat now stand in the vicinity of Prinsep’s Ghat, to Chitpore, but the proper English settlement was confined to the locality between Baboo Ghat, Eden Gardens, and a point about a hundred yards to the north of Clive Street. Surrounding it was the native portion of ‘Dhee’ Calcutta, and to the north was Sutanuti. On the south stood Govindpore, high on the riverbank and covered with thick jungle. However, while this was the outline of the then Calcutta, but what happened in the inner fabric of the city, made the east meet west. Nevertheless, such an intermingling channels of cross-cultural pockets never co-existed devoid of friction. You can have the glimpses, as you tread through arguably the largest books bazaar in the world. From the first university of Asia to the hub of all adda, from religious experiments to scientific calculations, from booksellers that deal in old and rare books to eateries that only catered to nationalists – you will gain insight on how religions, sciences, societies, technologies and individuals underwent a sea change.
Grab your chance to see all that went into the awakening of a new order. We are never quite affable with the commotions in our life or the place, where our life is dwelling. But, to escape this common cacophony, you need to take the alleys less treaded. And if you are ready for this new experience, take a walk through the heart of the city’s quaint North Calcutta. Commonly known for its family’s annual Durga and Kali puja, the famous Chatubabu Latubabur Bari is the place where the labyrinth of the back alleys will take you to the Nayan Chand Dutta Street, through the narrow lanes that will evoke the age old feelings of being in the most ancient city in the world – Benares. On both sides there will be countless houses standing closely, without any gap, with courtyards and slatted windows. Some of them would be standing silently for over 200 years with wooden pillars, since they had been constructed when iron had to be imported from Britain. And then the imposing house of Mitra family with a Thakur dalan, will transform your vibes to a very different world,the world of Zamindars.
To transform the image of the city in you, keep walking, crossing Dorjeepara and Ram Narayan Bhattacharya Lane, to arrive at Tulika Art and Culture School of 1930s vintage with its grand teak staircase and wooden ceilings. However, do not miss to savour the hot kochuri and sweet malpua at an eatery in Hari Ghosh Lane, next to which you will find a 300-year-old temple, Sovabazar Natmandir, shrouded by trees on one side. It will be a truly classic experience waiting at the end of the alley. After all, what will linger is the taste of time travel in a unique part of Calcutta that had been explored by many, time and again, but remained only in the dampness of the alleys – waiting to be explored. The Hooghly that glided down to around the place where Calcutta now stands and then flowed through the Adi Ganga, past Kalighat, Baruipur and Magra to the sea, is now all nostalgic. The Adi Ganga that brought the European settlers to Calcutta is now nothing but a dying water channel. However, what has not changed is the nature of the city, Calcutta which is still an ideal place to experience the mild, fruity tang of Bengali cuisine. Friendlier than India’s other metropolitan cities, Calcutta is a city, where you will feel more than a simply visit and a trip to remember.
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Nostalgic Calcutta
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Victoria memorial: 12:30 pm
The implausible Victoria Memorial is an exquisite and elaborated symphony of white marble. An incredible combination of Mughal and Italian architecture reflects the staggering diversity; India had embraced for over thousands of years. The flamboyant display of the commemoration of Queen Victoria’s 1901 diamond jubilee can juxtapose your mind at the two different hemispheres of the world. Picture the US Capitol in Washington DC, and then, travel in time to Agra in India to merge it with the beauty of Taj Mahal – Victoria will emerge in the city of Calcutta. Now, a heritage site was sprung in 1921, which took 20 years to complete. Statues and busts of King Gorge V and Queen Mary, with other dignitaries will greet you, right from the hallway. To the left, the royal prints and paintings clad the lavish gallery in a splendid way. Through the Calcutta Gallery, the soaring Central Chamber still reflects the zenith of Britain. You will be surrounded by the carefully preserved colonial past of this enigmatic city. Nevertheless, if your soul wants to move out from the marble closet, the magnetic beauty of the memorial, amidst the sprawling gardens and water bodies reflecting the symmetrical structure of the Imperial era. By day, you can enter into this beauty through the north and south gate, with ticket booth on the sides and to exit, you can use the east gate. As the evening descends upon the city, the dazzling sight of Sound-and-Light will astound your senses to the unexplored layers of your minds. This spectacular open-air canvas will entice you for 45-long-minutes, which starts its selling of tickets from 5pm at the east gate.
St Paul’s Cathedral: 1:45 pm
Built on the delta of attraction, the verve the city adds on to the Angelical beauty, at its central neighborhood of heritage and culture. The divine cathedral is the Church of North India, which props the seat of the Diocese of Calcutta and its incumbent bishop. The colossal abode of Thee, is situated favorably amidst the heritage and stately structures and lush green meadows and gardens. The most organic area of the city is the lungs of Calcutta. Leaving Birla Planetarium on your left, as you enter a modestly fashioned entrance, the towering height of central crenellated tower of St. Paul’s will embrace you in the divinity of compassion, with quite a home in Cambridgeshire in the air. Built between 1839 and 1847, it is decorated by a remarkably wide nave. The west window is fashioned by the stained-glass window by the signature pre-Raphaelite maestro Sir Edward Burne-Jones. The pristine floral designs, with exquisite mural painting add character to the quality of the beauty that captures the beholder. As the church is closed between 3pm and 6pm, you may stroll through or spend some languid moments, amidstst the intellectual gatherings of the city crowd. Nandan and Rabindra Sadan Theater complex, along with Academy of Fine Arts can make your day with soulful experiences. By evening, you may either head for the Light and Sound at Victoria or celestial shows in Birla Planetarium, to be in the cosmic presence, in the comfort of your chair.
North Kolkata tour: 02:00 pm to 03:30 pm
Shobhabazar Rajbari (Shobhabazar Royal Palace): 02:00 pm
Have a lavish noon in one of the most flamboyant royal palaces of the zamindar - Raja Nabakrishna Deb of the then Calcutta. The palace falls in the pioneering list of the elite houses of the North Calcutta. Once, a modest man, the raja amassed a massive wealth from the British Raj for tendering his aid to topple the Nawab Siraj ud-Daulah from his throne. The acquired wealth, eventually, let Calcutta have in her list of mansions, two more royal properties, the Choto Shobhabazar Rajbari at 33 Raja Nabakrishna Street and Baro Shobhabazar Rajbari, popularly known as the Shobhabazar Royal Palace at 33 Raja Nabakrishna Street. This splendid and colossal architecture will be a treat for your eyes, constructed as a shaat-mahala house. The most intact and breather inlay of the estate is the courtyard, with thakurdalan, which still greets the goddess Durga every year, during one of the most elaborate festivals of India – the Durga Puja or Pujo, as the Bengalis beckons it throughout the world. The grandeur of the palace is centered to the saat khilan thakurdalan, bedazzled with multi-foliate arches propping pairs of squared pilasters. Between the arches, rise the Pairs of columns to support the entablature above.
Kumortuli – The home of idol makers
A living legacy and one of the wonders of Calcutta, still breathes at the northern part of the city. Kumortuli, also known as Kumartuli or in the archaic way, Coomartolly is the traditional potters’ quarter of Calcutta. The only one in the world, it is the only dwelling of the clay idol makers in the country, where life is infused in the idols of Hindu gods and goddesses with immaculate precession that is mesmerizingly natural in its bearings. The place is the living testimony of the virtue of artistic bend the potters are bestowed with, which transformed them from the obscurity of the folklore art to the prominence of global podium. This Calcutta neighborhood supplies the clay idols of Hindu gods and goddesses to the innumerable barowari pujas in Calcutta and other states of India and exports an ample of those overseas. The daily activities of this area reflect the length and breadth of the Hindu festivity, which lives round the year.
Jorasanko Thakur Bari & Rabindra Bharati University (Tagore Museum) : 02:30 pm
As the two (jora) wooden or bamboo bridges (sanko) spanned over a small stream at the erstwhile Mechuabazar neighborhood of North Calcutta, the city adopted the identity in activity. With the metamorphosis in name to Jorashankho, the dwelling of the Thakur family became popular as the Jorasanko Thakur Bari. It is the abode of the creator and philosopher, for whom the modern Bengal at its hiccup, harked with hope. The frequencies of the universe or will of god, whatever it may be, from Calcutta to Bengal and India to the world, the apostles have had the philosophies to steer the humankind for a greater good. An exponent of the Bengal Renaissance, who didn’t repudiate to decline the knighthood over the stature of nation, Gurudev Rabindranath Thakur, as Anglicized to Tagore, was born and lived here. More than a house, it is a cultural symbol of India and world, which nurtured the first Non-European Nobel Laureate in Literature. The impression of which are still living as an impressive Tagore Museum and Rabindra Bharati University of fine arts, connect us to the humanists and Universalists in us, to the call of greater good and universal tolerance. Till-date, the nations of Indians and Sri Lankans revere the bearings Tagore as their anthem for the nation.
Drop at Millennium Park at 03:30 pm
EVENING CRUISE: 4:00 pm to 7:15 pm
After all the triumphs and debacles, as the Sun beats the retreat to the mighty Ganges, sit back and realize your search of self-in-travel under the rust evening sky, with mild breezing, and lit up twin cities at both the banks of the holy waters. Amidst the bustling cities, gently sail up-stream to anchor at the feet of the philosopher and apostle of the creator of divine generation of our time, the revered seat of Sri Ramakrishna at Belur math. The magnetic vibration of the Sandhya Aarti will capture your hear in the eternity. Let a serene evening conclude your day, much adored, with a gentle sail to the depth of spirituality.
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