While traveling on a trip from Bangalore to Kolkata, it came to my mind – how about capturing the immediate areas preceding the Howrah railway station. Entering Kolkata on a train tries to show the life of people and scenes besides the rail tracks leading to Howrah railway station. The video was shot from the window of AC 3 tier.
The marble palace is a beautiful white building located little away from the Jorasanko Thakur Bari. Built in 1853 by landlord Raja Rajendra Mullick still remains a private property and is used by his decedents. Address: 46, Muktaram Babu Street, Kolkata 700007 Off Rabindra Sarani Timings: 10 am to 4 pm Monday and Thrusday Holiday…
Mayapur is located at the confluence of river Ganga (Hoogly locally known as Ganga) and Jalangi near Nabadwip in Indian state of West Bengal. It is the headquarters of ISKCON temples. Also, it is said to be the birthplace of sri Chaitanya mahaprabhu. Though some people debate it. To reach there one typically comes to Nabadwip…
Victoria memorial is a grandeur of the British empire which Lord Curzon, the then Viceroy of British India planned to build after the death of queen Victoria (empress of the British empire then) in 1901. It was supposed to be a mark of the British rule and the dead queen. The monument was opened to…
Year end travel of 2016 was combined with personal work. I was also thrilled about this travel as I was traveling to the eastern part of India during winters after many years. I remembered about the December days and wished to experience them. We started our journey on the 3rd week of December 2016. I…
Jorasanko Thakur Bari is the ancestral house of the first Indian and non European Nobel laureate kaviguru Rabindranath Thakur (Tagore). Built in 1784 by his grandfather Dwarkanath Tagore. It is here Rabindranath Tagore was born in 1861 and died on 7th August 1941. The house is now located inside Rabindra Bharati University campus. The university…
Eco Park lake is a large water body comprising 104 acres or about 42 hectares. In this video we are going to stroll besides the huge lake inside eco park, Kolkata. Welcome to 4th episode of the Eco Park series. The lake shore inside eco park has been barricaded nicely with iron railings which gives…
