A 705-metre cantilever bridge built without a single nut or bolt, carrying over 100,000 vehicles a day — best seen from the ferry crossing beneath it.
Photography of the bridge itself is officially prohibited from the bridge and the approaches. The Mullick Ghat flower market below it at dawn is one of the best sights in the city.
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A kilometre of secondhand book stalls around Presidency and Calcutta University, with the Indian Coffee…
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The potters' quarter where the clay idols for Durga Puja are built by hand, visible in every stage from…
Founded in 1814 and the oldest and largest museum in India, with the Bharhut stupa railings, an…
A restored 1841 Palladian portico on the riverfront with boat rides, the Vidyasagar Setu behind and the…