West Bengal

coastline

Bakkhali is the most tourist-friendly place in West Bengal and visitors love spending their time on long stretch beach of Bakkhali. Bakkhali is seaside resort in South 24 Parganas district of West Bengal, India.

festival · river

Gangasagar Mela is the largest fair celebrated in West Bengal, India. Makar Sankranti is celebrated in the last day of the Bengali month of Poush. In Bengal, this day is one of the most auspicious days of the year.

bazaar · crafts

Patua Painting is a form of Scroll Painting indigenous to West Bengal, a state in India. In Bengali, "Pat" means "scroll" and "Patua" or "Chitrakar" means "Painter".

architecture

Chartered Bank Building at 4 Netaji Subhas Road, Calcutta now Kolkata in West Bengal. This Heritage Building belonged to Maharaja of Bardhaman and was leased out to Chartered Bank (now known as Standard Chartered Bank).

ceremony · festival

Viewer discretion advised due to possible graphic nature of the content. Indians celebrate Charak festival in West Bengal.

ceremony · festival

Police and the state has to be on alert during the Durga Puja celebrations in the city of Kolkata in West Bengal.

The Bengal monitor (Varanus bengalensis) or common Indian monitor, is a monitor lizard found widely distributed over South Asia.

architecture · boats

Building of wooden boats on progress. West Bengal is a state in the eastern region of India and is the nation's fourth-most populous.It is also the seventh-most populous sub-national entity in the world, with over 91 million inhabitants.

festival · river

Sagar mela witnessed with numbers of pilgrims and sadhus. Gangasagar Mela is the largest fair celebrated in West Bengal, India. Makar Sankranti is celebrated in the last day of the Bengali month of Poush.

industry · architecture

Vidyasagar Setu is a bridge over the Hooghly / Hoogly / Hogli River in West Bengal, India. It links the city of Howrah to its twin city of Kolkata. The bridge is a toll bridge for all vehicles.

music

Bauls from Bengal performing at 3rd International sufi festival. Baul are a group of mystic minstrels from Bengal. Bauls constitute both a syncretic religious sect and a musical tradition.

coastline

Bakkhali is a seaside resort in the South 24 Parganas district of West Bengal, India. It is located on one of the many deltaic islands spreading across southern Bengal.

river · architecture

Early morning view of Howrah Railway Station, Hooghly river and the busy traffic running over the Rabindra Setu. The Howrah Bridge, is a cantilever bridge with a suspended span over the Hooghly River in West Bengal, India.

architecture · river

The Howrah Bridge is a bridge that spans the Hooghly River in West Bengal, India. It was originally named the New Howrah Bridge becuse it links the city of Howrah to its twin city, Kolkata (Calcutta).

coastline

The Bay of Bengal laps at the shores of the state of Orissa in eastern India - habitat of the Olive Ridley sea turtle that visits here to nest each year, in a mass arribada. One can see the dead and hollowed-out carcass of a dead turtle.

Fish market in Howrah, West Bengal is the largest wholesale marketing place for fishes in eastern India. Apart from the fact that they are mainly consumed in the state, a large amount of fishes is exported to some other states in India

The Kingdom of Bhutan is a landlocked state in South Asia, located at the eastern end of the Himalayas and bordered to the south, east and west by the Republic of India and to the north by the People's Republic of China.

architecture

Calcutta Rabindra Setu or Howrah Bridge. Popularly known as the Howrah Bridge, Rabindra Setu is a suspension type balanced cantilever bridge that spans the Ganges Hooghly River in West Bengal, India.

coastline

Bakkhali is seaside resort in South 24 Parganas district of West Bengal, India. It is located on one of the many deltaic islands spread across southern Bengal. Most of the islands are part of the Sunderbans, barring a few at the fringes.

birds

The Lineated Barbet (Megalaima lineata) is a large barbet found in the northern parts of the Indian Subcontinent, along the southern foothills of the Himalayas and also in parts of Bangladesh and West Bengal.

Bhutan, officially the Kingdom of Bhutan, is a landlocked state in South Asia, located at the eastern end of the Himalayas and bordered to the south, east and west by the Republic of India and to the north by the People's Republic of China.…

bazaar

Fish market in Howrah, West Bengal is the largest wholesale marketing place for fishes in eastern India. Apart from the fact that they are mainly consumed in the state, a large amount of fishes is exported to some other states in India.

ceremony · flowers

Fish curry cooked in Bengali style at a wedding. Bengali marriage ceremony takes place in the state of Bengal or between Bengali people. The wedding ceremonies in Bengal are quite long and elaborate.