TOP TEN PLACES TO VISIT IN KOLKATA ++St. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL ++BELUR MATH ++VICTORIA MEMORIAL ++HOWRAH BRIDGE ++KOLKATA RACE COURSE ++JORASANKO THAKURBARI ++MARBLE PALACE ++DAKSHINESWAR KALI TEMPLE ++INDIAN MUSEUM ++NICCO PARK other places +RAJ BHAVAN +SHAHEED MINAR +ALIPORE ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS +NAKHODA MASJID +TIPU SULTAN MOSQUE +BIRLA MANDIR +BIRLA PLANETARIUM +BIRLA INDUSTRIAL AND TECHNOLOGICAL MUSEUM +GENERAL POST OFFICE +NANDAN St. Paul's Cathedral is an Anglican cathedral of the Church of North India - a united church which is part of the Anglican Communion - in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. It is the seat of the Diocese of Calcutta, and the incumbent bishop is the Rt. Revd. Ashoke Biswas Belur Mutt is the headquarters of the Ramakrishna Math and Mission, founded by Swami Vivekananda, a chief disciple of Ramakrishna Paramahamsa Belur Math is one of the finest examples of modern temple architecture in India. The temple is notable for its architecture that fuses Hindu, Christian and Islamic motifs as a symbol of unity of all religions. It is located on the west bank of Hooghly River, Belur, West Bengal, India and is one of the significant institutions in Calcutta The Victoria Memorial is a large marble building in Kolkata, West Bengal, India which was built between 1906 and 1921. The stately monument is as much part of Kolkata as Taj mahal is to Delhi and is now a museum and tourist destination under the auspices of the Ministry of Culture The Howrah Bridge is a cantilever bridge with a suspended span over the Hooghly River in West Bengal, India. Commissioned in 1943. On 14 June 1965 it was renamed Rabindra Setu, after the great Bengali poet Rabindranath Tagore, who was the first Indian and Asian Nobel laureate Howrah Bridge is the sixth-longest bridge of its type in the world. Kolkata Race Course in Kolkata, India is one of the largest horse race venues in India. The race course was built in 1820 and was maintained by the Royal Calcutta Turf Club Though it's open on all days, visiting on any racing day is all that more fun. Located in Dwarakanath Tagore Lane, off Rabindra Sarani, is the famous 'Thakurbari' where India's most revered poet and philosopher Rabindranath Tagore was born. If you want to find out about the great poet and his work, there couldn't be a better place than Rabindra Bharati museum located inside the Thakurbari except for Shantiniketan (built by Kabi Guru himself) at Birbhum district in West Bengal. The museum has three galleries -- one solely dedicated to Tagore and his extraordinary range of work, while the other two focuses on Tagore family and the stalwarts of Bengal Renaissance. Marble Palace is a palatial nineteenth-century mansion in North Kolkata. It is located at 46, Muktaram Babu Street, Kolkata 700007. It is one of the best-preserved and most elegant houses of nineteenth-century Calcutta. Dakshineswar Kali Temple is a Hindu temple located in Dakshineswar near Kolkata. Situated on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River, the presiding deity of the temple is Bhavatarini, an aspect of Kali 'She who liberates Her devotees from the ocean of existence i.e. Saṃsāra' The temple was built by Rani Rashmoni, a philanthropist and a devotee of Kali in 1855. The temple is famous for its association with Ramakrishna, a mystic of 19th Century Bengal. The Indian Museum is the largest and oldest museum in India and has rare collections of antiques, armour and ornaments, fossils, skeletons, mummies, and Mughal paintings. It was founded by the Asiatic Society of Bengal in Kolkata, India, in 1814. Nicco Park is an amusement park in India, located in Salt Lake City, Kolkata. The park was created to attract tourists to the state by providing family-friendly recreation as well as educative entertainment.

• published: 10 Jun 2014
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