Once a year,go someplace you've never been before-Dalai Lama
Introduction After watching the famous Bengali movie Antony Firinge, I became interested in knowing the history of the firingi kali bari, the age-old Kali temple.While studying the history of Eastern India, I noticed that there has been a belief and tradition of worship of the Mother Goddess, ‘Maa Kali, in Hinduism since ancient times. Another … Read more
Kaichi Dham Uttarakhand is an ashram attached to a shrine situated in the beautiful Kumaon Hills of Uttarakhand, India. It has a large consequence for followers of Neem Karoli Baba, an admired saint and spiritual teacher who has inspired notable individuals like Rama Dass (Richard Alpert), Steve Jobs, Mark Zuckerberg, Julia Roberts, and so on. … Read more
“Lakshmi Narayan Shaw & Sons” was established in 1918. In the year 1918, a young man from Gaya district in Bihar, opened a fritter eatery in Kolkata’s Cornwallis Street to make his living. His name is “Khendu Shaw”. That time was the active period of Indian freedom movement. In this place, various freedom fighters of … Read more
A few days ago I visited Almora(where Tagore Bhavan located). A small beautiful town at the foot of a hill. The small town of Uttarakhand is rich in history. World-famous people like Guru Dev Rabindranath Tagore father of Bengali literature, Swami Vivekananda, and Sister Nivedita visited to the historical place. This place of Uttarakhand district … Read more
91, RastraGuru Aveneue Ramgarh, South Dumdum, West Bengal 700028, this is now the address of the one of the oldest existing buildings in Bengal. Clive house or DumDum house or borokuthi is a very important witness of Indian History. The significant architectural feature of this house is built on a raised mound and surrounded by … Read more
The Kolkata City Guide itinerary includes St. Paul’s Cathedral as an important place to visit. St. Paul’s Cathedral building construction was completed and opened to the public in 1847 AD. Though the foundation was laid in 1839 AD. This is the first CNI Cathedral of Anglican background in Kolkata and Asia, famous for its Gothic … Read more
Bishnupur Rashmancha forced us to visit the place and one winter morning we reached in front of it . Bishnupur tour started with Bishnupur Rashmancha. Many books & research works on the history of Bishnupur are available in scattered form. I am trying to jot down a compact description of Bishnupur Rashmancha, so that anyone … Read more
At the end of the evening I went and stood in front of the “Denmark Tavern restaurant”. It standing majestically next to ‘NishanGaht’ (on the bank of river Hooghly). Who will say before 2015 this house was a pile of rubble! In 2010-2012, a restoration group of the ‘National Museum of Denmark’ rediscovered this historic … Read more
We decided to go to Serampore College on December 29th. The day was 29th December 2019. I and Sudeshna went to Srabonidi’s place. This time our destination was Serampore. I have never visited the old city, rich in history, on the outskirts of Kolkata. We aimed to explore Serampore’s history. Here I quote Gurudev “দেখাহয়নাইচক্ষুমেলিয়াঘরহতেশুধুদুইপাফেলিয়াএকটিধানেরশিষেরওপরএকটিশিশিরবিন্দু”. … Read more
When thinking about a 1 day trip from Kolkata, the very first “Garh Jungle” comes to my mind. If I summarized about the reason to plan for this tour is to learn some history along one day trip near Kolkata. The summary is ‘1 day trip from Kolkata + the joy of long drive on … Read more