Chandannagore is not just an erstwhile French colony, but the Town that redefined ‘Light.’ It is a glowing example of how a group of self-taught light artisans can weave magic combining imagination and creativity with advanced light technology. Now, their efforts will gain a new
Birsingha - Birth place of Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar On January 1, 2002, West Bengal’s Medinipur district was split in two halves - east and west. With a collective population of 97 lakh (9.7 million), undivided Medinipur was the largest district in India in terms of population, and
Nobody had really heard of Lamahatta before 2012. That year, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, passing through the village, was struck by its scenic beauty and stopped to take photos. Realising its potential as a tourism destination, she also set the government machinery in
Launched this weekend, on 14th February 2021, you get an opportunity to hop and set sail on the European Settlements Boat Ride (ESBR) that starts at 10 am from Millenium Park each weekend. Along with the feel of a Cruise, you get to see the
Indian one horned rhino For most of its lifetime, Gorumara National Park was actually called Gorumara Wildlife Sanctuary. Properly speaking, it ought to have celebrated 70 years as a wildlife sanctuary, and 25 years as a national park, in 2020. Owing to the Covid pandemic, of
If Kolkata has a Floatel, the erstwhile French colony of Chandannagar will now have Joloshree, the premium restaurant boat giving an international feel to locals and tourists alike; one of a kind initiative by the Department of Tourism, Government of West Bengal. Chandannagar not only
In a first of its kind, a three-day ‘Bengal Himalayan Carnival’ was held in Darjeeling, Kalimpong, and Gajoldoba in Jalpaiguri from February 5-7, in an effort to boost the state’s tourism industry in the wake of the Covid pandemic. Like the rest of the world,
There seems to be no clear theory about how the district of ‘Bankura’ got its name. One possible clue may lie in the Kol-Munda language, in which ‘orah’ or ‘rah’ means habitation. Many places of the part of Bengal known as ‘Rarh Bangla’ have an
Nobody seems to be quite sure why India observes January 25 as National Tourism Day every year. However, the day is certainly a useful reminder of how large an impact tourism has on the country’s economy. Sadly, almost the whole of 2020 was marked by
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMAC-DnNIL4 Adina Mosque No matter which way you look at it, Malda is special. Not only is the district headquarters one of the state’s largest cities after Kolkata, but the district as a whole represents the confluence of the various cultures and royal dynasties which have historically