Gerasim Lebedev – Pioneer of Bengali Theater
Calcutta (Now Kolkata) is known as Intellectual Hub, specially for Films, Music, Literature, Theater and other art forms. When we talk about Bengali Theater, one name automatically comes in mind,...
Category: Heritages
Synagogues of Kolkata
The “essence and feel” of the city Calcutta is still present in Kolkata. This is the best place for all irrespective of class and creed. That was the reason, many...
Neveh Shalome Synagogue Kolkata
When Jewish started migrating to Calcutta (Now Kolkata), India for settlement in early eighteenth century, it was obvious that for daily worship they would required place for it, community would...
Grave of First Professor of Surgery – Dr.Lalit Mohan Banerji
On 25th of July 1941, the day Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore was shifted from Shantiniketan to his Calcutta residence in Jorasanko for treatment. During that period health condition of Gurudev was...
When Tagore met Ramakrishna – The House of Mitra Family
Anyone can imagine that two great sons of India, Gurudeva Rabindranath Tagore himself playing the piano and singing a song for another great son of India Ramakrishna Paramahamsa. It is...
The Last Boat – Cemetery of Brahmo Samaj
When we talk about or refer anything to Cemetery or Graveyard in India, in general perspective, we relate them to either to Christians or to the Muslims. For a separate...
Haji Jamaluddin Mosque
Haji Jamaluddin Masjid is a very simple single storeyed mosque. Artistic design of floors with combination of white and black marble in Persian style is really beautiful but from outside...
Kumortuli – Land of God Makers
Kumartuli is the place one can visit. Art is everywhere in India and Kumortuli is not the exception but it is unique on it’s own way.The clay for the idol is collected from the holy Ganges river,which is nearby to the place and there is also a age-old custom that a handful of soil which is called Holy Soil (In Bengali Punnaa Mati) mixed with the clay, which goes with the clay for making Goddess Durga idol.