Kolkata (Calcutta) Features

Kolkata (Calcutta) Features

• Top Reasons to Go to Kolkata (Calcutta)
  

  Eclectic Architecture: The city is packed with gorgeous temples, mosques, universities, and colonial mansions and monuments.... read more

• Amazing Festivals
  

  The greatest Bengali festival of the year is the Durga Puja (Durga is an incarnation of Kali, Kolkata's patron goddess). The pujas (homage; literally,"worship")... read more

• Rickshaw Pullers
  

  Kolkata is the last city on earth to use enormous Chinese-style rickshaws pulled by men on foot. The rickshaws were introduced in the 19th century... read more

• Calcutta to Kolkata
  

  In early 2001, Calcutta's name was officially changed to Kolkata. This transformation, like similar ones in India, was supposed to contribute... read more

• Calcutta's Anglo-Indians
  

  Calcutta, once the capital of British Raj, is home to the country's largest population of Anglo-Indians, a fast-vanishing group of native English-speakers... read more