Kolkata: Cultural Confluence of India

Kolkata, or Calcutta, once the capital city of the British Empire, and now the capital of West Bengal, is today a flourishing metropolis. It has a feminine mystique, for the city exudes a power that is symbolized by the ten-handed goddess with the Durga Puja festival being one of the highlights of a Kolkata visit, with the newly acquired Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) tag, from UNESCO.

Kolkata is a pulsating city of the argumentative, educated, culture-soaked Bengali.  It also has a diverse populace, embracing into its fold an A to Z of nationalities from Anglo Indians to Zoroastrians. It was sought out by the conquistadores in the 16th to 17th centuries, dominated by the British, and colonized by the Portuguese, Dutch, Danes, French, in settlements along the Hooghly banks. And it continues to be a melting pot of cultures.

It is a city of contrasts. With 15 million people and 3500 slums, and yet with huge swathes and square miles of greenery from the Maidan to the Botanical Gardens from the numerous lakes to the Eco Park with 480 acres of verdure.

Kolkata as a city is old, and yet there is a whole new township at Rajarhat New Town, with ample space for leisure and a bustling commercial, IT and ITeS and educational hub. Kolkata has a thriving film industry in Tollywood, its educational institutions are amongst the finest in the country, it has some of the best sporting stadiums, the oldest and sought after clubs, and some of the most iconic monuments and structures from the Victoria Memorial to the Howrah Bridge, the many churches, temples, synagogues, mosques, a Metro rail network ever expanding, yet with trams and rickshaws still accessed.

Kolkata is hospitable to the hilt, giving you heritage and hauteur, couture and cuisine, entertainment and empathy, a sport and pastime city as much as it is a hotspot of theatre, music, dance, art. A city that will give you palaces, poetry and promises aplenty to keep. 

Salient Features of the series:

• Limited Edition & highly desirable.
• Printed in German Technology ink, where color does not fade for 100 years.
• High-grade archival imported paper.
• Imported wooden photo frame
• This print can be enlarged in any size