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Asia » India » West Bengal » Kolkata » Kalighat October 8th 2022

Kolkata Durga pooja -Piprey on wheels With school holidays over, I imagined it was the perfect time to travel from London to Kolkata on empty flights and catch up on movies in the flights. Very confidently, I arrived at London Heathrow to be denied boarding because I did not have a negative RT PCR test. My option for one free change of date was also denied ( I re-confirmed later in Kolkata that I did have a free change). I paid 179 GBP penalty to fly the following weekend. London Heathrow should be renamed chaos. We were still doing security checks past the flight departure time and asked to RUN to the aircraft. We arrived late at Doha airport and 8 of us missed our connecting flights. 6 eager Bengalis stuck together, took alternative full flight ... read more
Durga Idol-North Kolkata
Durga Pooja pandal-North Kolkata- Ahiritola
Durga pooja pandal-South Kolkata

Asia » India » West Bengal » Kolkata » Kalighat December 12th 2014

There are many Kali temples in Kolkata, out of which two are quite famous. One is Dakhineswar Kaali temple and another is Kalighat Kaali temle. Dakheneswar kaali temple is situated at the northern side of Kolkata while Kalighat Kaali temple is at the southern side. Dakhineswar Kaali temple is famous because Ramakrishna Paramahansa was associated with this temple. Kalighat kali temple is famous because it is old and considered to be more sacred from religious angle. For tourists, Dakhineswar kaali temple is more attractive. It is not only beautiful but also comfortable (as there are no dalals). There is a distance of about 16-18 kms between the two temples. Kalighat is easily accessible. You can go to kalighat by town bus or by tram or by metro train. There is a metro station called Kalighat metro ... read more

Asia » India » West Bengal » Kolkata » Kalighat November 26th 2014

Birla mandir is situated in Ballygunge. It is located on the side of the main road (Queens park road near old Ballygunge road). It is built by the industrialist Birla family. Many town busses go by that route. It is about 9 kms from Howra staion. Yes town busses are available from Howra to this place. We first visited the Kali temple in Kalighat and from there went to Birla temple. In Google maps it appeared to be close (1.5 kms) to Kali temple. When I asked a hand pulled rickshaw he asked for 200 rupees. I was surprised as a taxi would even be cheaper. Later we came to know that taxis/auto rickshaws were not available in that place. Then another hand pulled rickshaw told he would drop us in Hazra for 100 rupees where ... read more

Asia » India » West Bengal » Kolkata » Kalighat May 11th 2014

I left Singapore after leaving loads of my personal things especially cutlery which was home warming gift from my sister. I took a photo of it for memories. I was not in a position to carry excess baggage and Silkair was strict. Flight was uneventful as I was angry at the helpless of my situation. This changed when I entered the brand new Kolkata airport. It was clean and tidy. My check in luggage arrived in a jiffy and I was so delighted to meet my cousin at Kolkata airport. At home, my bed was ready and I went off to sleep. Next day was famous Arsalan Biryani day with cousins. Subsequently, we visited Nehru Doll museum and to spot the exact location on google map, I had to turn my cell phone upside down! It ... read more
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Asia » India » West Bengal » Kolkata » Kalighat January 14th 2014

2014 India Well it started well with my suitcase booked through to Mumbai – on the tag it said Kolkata but I knew I had to pick it up in Mumbai. I got my boarding cards for Cape Town and Johannesburg and was all set. The flight was marvelous – as I am usually a cattle class client to be in business was awesome. Of course I did have a few glasses of Tattinger and why not I had nowhere to go and it was only lunch time I could sleep it off. You get a meal before landing but noooo more drinky poohs for me then as I knew I had to keep my wits about me for India. On leaving the plane I struck up a friendship with a girl called Nikki who was ... read more
Puppies at play
Ladies chatting
Mother Teresa tomb

Asia » India » West Bengal » Kolkata » Kalighat April 25th 2013

Nous avons quitte les petits états du Nord-est qui sont tellement différents du reste de l'Inde: en nourriture (moins épicée), en typologie (tibétains- népalais- birmanais), en religion (la plupart bouddhistes, Nagaland chrétien et seulement Manipur hindou), en coutumes (c'est beaucoup plus propre, les gens jettent moins de détritus dans les rues, il y a beaucoup de poubelles et les trottoirs sont paves et bien entretenus, pas de mendiants et de rabatteurs) et en climat (il faisait une belle température dans les derniers 3 états, nous avons eu froid seulement au Sikkim).Nous sommes revenus a Kolkata, la vraie Inde: une vraie fourmilière, bruyante, assourdissante, sale, pleine de mendiants et de rabatteurs, brûlante de chaleur humide, mais fascinante en même temps. On l'aime bien. Nous sommes retournés au marché de fruits en vrac (tellement spécial), nous avons visité ... read more
Le matin dans la rue
Une partie des 2020 pouces du banyan
Marche de fruits

Asia » India » West Bengal » Kolkata » Kalighat April 8th 2013

Okay, so I'm not quite as buggered as the title suggests. Still, I should be enjoying my second night in Dhaka, Bangladesh at the moment; instead my afternoon biriyani is oozing out of the pores of my skin in a stiflingly humid Kolkata internet cafe. It would be fair to say that here, on April 8th 2013, my lucky travel streak has petered out to nothing. I completed the long train journey from Hampi to Kolkata (google maps it, I think you'll find the distance suitably colossal) in surprisingly high spirits. The total door-to-door journey time was well over 48 hours and I spent virtually the whole train ride in the cramped upper berth of a muggy sleeper class carriage - the lowest class in the Indian train system. This time I was thoroughly prepared for ... read more

Asia » India » West Bengal » Kolkata » Kalighat February 24th 2007

Toujours à Mamallapuram. 24 fév. On se réveille au chant du coq. Il se lève plutôt de bonne heure celui-là. Le soleil n’est presque pas encore sorti de derrière la baie du Bengale. On quitte notre chambre en silence. Nos voisins de cabane nous aperçoit et nous offre du Chai the. Je refuse poliment (mon estomac a une mémoire d’éléphant). Ils en offrent aussi à leurs deux chiens qui eux ne refuseront jamais leur ration. On s’éloigne tranquillement alors que les deux chiens ont le museau enfoncé dans leur gamelle pleine de Chai the. On marche sur la plage à l’aurore. C’est calme. Il y a plein de poissons porc-épic (diodons) échoués et dégonflés sur le sable. La tortue d’hier est aussi toujours là. Elle est en très mauvais état par contre. Les crabes la feront ... read more
Holding a croco
Kalkatta
Leaving Mamallapuram




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