Kolkata

West Bengal·architecture

The top part and a close up of the Victoria Memorial on Chowringhee Road in Kolkata. The Marble monument was built and opened in the early 1900's as a memorial to Queen Victoria during the British Colonial Rule in India.

West Bengal

Soumitra Das talks about his family background in film making "I should start with my family background in cinema because there was great love for acting in our family, my father use to act in armature plays, my grandfather was a patron of…

West Bengal·crafts · ceremony

An artisan working on making the feet of an idol in Kumortuli in Kolkata. The artisan is making a Durga idol from clay ahead of Durga Puja. Kumortuli or Kumartuli is a settlement of potters located at the northern periphery of Kolkata.

West Bengal·music

Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) under Horizon Series presents Ravindra Sangeet music performance by Ms. Chandrabali Rudra Dutta, Kolkata. She a well known figure in the world of music, made her mark very early in life.

West Bengal·coastline

Approximately 3 hours drive from Kolkata, Frazerganj is one of the most beautiful beaches in eastern India.

West Bengal·festival · politics

Location of Kolkata International Film Festival decorated with movie hoardings displaying pictures of actors and small food stall for visitors.

West Bengal

Kolkata is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal. Located on the east bank of the Hooghly river, it is the principal commercial, cultural, and educational centre of East India, while the Port of Kolkata is India's oldest operating…

West Bengal·railway

Archival footage of the age-old trams and train services of Kolkata city in the 1980's. The bell of the tram rins out loud as one treverses Calcutta's streets. Watch the tram operator drive the train on the roads of Kolkata sheher.

West Bengal·highway · river

Buses and yellow taxi cabs negotiate a dip or bump as they pass over the tram-line - there is a dip in the road where the tram runs! Kolkata, known historically in English as Calcutta, is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal.

West Bengal·temple · architecture

The Mother House of the Missionaries of Charity, located at 54A, A.J.C. Bose Road, Calcutta, is the headquarters of the international religious congregation of the Missionaries of Charity.

West Bengal

Among the names that dominated Sotheby's auction of contemporary Indian art which concluded recently in New York was the renowned painter Ganesh Pyne.

West Bengal

Indian workers make Rasgullas at KC Das sweets in Kolkata, West Bengal Rasgulla recipe - soft and spongy milk based sweet soaked in sugar syrup.

West Bengal·architecture · temple

An aerial journey of St. Paul's Cathedral Church in Kolkata. St Paul’s Cathedral is acknowledged as the first Episcopal Church of the eastern world. It is an Anglican cathedral of the Church of North India.

West Bengal

The many facets of the city and its inherent contradictions are fodder for the artists who thrive and find inspiration in this millennium.

West Bengal·bazaar · flowers

Colourful and chaotic, the charm of the city can sweep any person off their feet. An area where you can experience such a phenomenon is the Mullik Ghat flower market.

West Bengal

Kakdwip fishing port is located at Kakdwip in south twenty-four Parganas in the coastal district of West Bengal, India. It is an important full-fledged fishing port. The port is developed in the left-front period.

West Bengal·ceremony · river

A priest here is worshipping goddess Durga at a pandel in Kolkata. Durga puja mood starts off with the Mahishasuramardini -- a two-hour radio programme that has been popular with the community since the 1950s.

West Bengal·coastline · highway

Visakhapatnam is a port city on the southeast coast of India. With a population of 1,730,520, it is the second-largest city in the state of Andhra Pradesh (after Hyderabad) and the third-largest city on the east coast (after Chennai and Kol…

Kolkata, West Bengal·birds

Angry passengers argue with Kingfisher Airlines staff, on arrival at Kolkata airport from Delhi, due to the departure of their onward flight to Bangkok.

West Bengal·temple · architecture

St. Stephens Church in Kolkata hosts an annual feast and religious activity for all. One of the priests speaks on the inclusions of people of other beliefs in the event.

West Bengal

A bust of Jan Sangh founder Syama Prasad Mookerjee vandalised in south Kolkata by seven persons, including a woman, allegedly belonging to a left-wing group 'Radical', police said.

West Bengal·temple

A group of obviously devout Hindus chant and play mini cymbals in Calcutta, in the name of Krishna and Rama, at a road-side temple in West Bengal state. Note the higher caste Brahmin with the bodhi / choti and the tonsured head.

West Bengal·politics

Hundreds of people have held a silent demonstration to protest against the rape of an elderly nun in the Indian state of West Bengal. Ten men have been detained in connection with the incident.