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Birla Temple, at Ballygunge Phari. Jorasanko Thakurbari & Rabindra Bharati Museum.
The place where Rabindranath Tagore was born and breathed last. The entire area breathes with the tagore legacy and is replete with Taore's relics. A university viz Rabindra Bharati university has been established in house that offers courses in performing arts. It has emerged as one of the prestigious places for acquiring such a degree.
National Library: The largest library in India, is located at Belvedere House in Alipore. The earstwhile Imperial Library houses around 1800000 books and documents in all languages.
Octerlony Monument (Sahid Minar): It was built to commemorate the winning of the Nepalese war (1812-1814) and the exploits of the leader - Sir David Octerlony who won the . The 48 meter ( 218 steps ) high monument near Chowranghee has been renamed as 'Sahid Minar'. Climb to the to get a view of the downtown Calcutta.
Science City: Located in the east side near Dhapa. It is a science museum with whole lot of attractions. The space Odyssey, Dynamotion, Life Science Corners, Science Park, Toy Train and Ropeway are some of the other added attractions. Space Time Rocket takes you to the cavity of an erupting volcano or back to the days of pyramids.
Dakshineswar Temple: For people with religious belief there are famous temples at Kalighat, Dakineshwar where one can offer there prayers to Goddess Kali. Dakshineswar Temple, standing on the bank of the Ganges near Bally bridge. It has a revered temple of goddess Kali & 12 temples of God Shiva. Each stone here is imbued with the memories of the greatest spiritual figure of modern India – Sri Ramakrishna and Sarada Debi.
Belur Math: Headquarter of Ramakrishna Mission Ashram , it was founded by Swami Vivekananda. The architecture is a fusion of the church-mosque-temple, signifying the message of brotherhood of all religions. Get a picturesque view of Ramakrishna temple. The Ramakrishna mission runs among other things, an art college, an industrial school and charitable dispensary.
Kalighat Kali Temple: The renowned Hindu pilgrimage is situated at Kalighat beside Tolly's Nullah. Legend has it that When Lord Shiva began his deadly dance of destruction, Lord Vishnu stopped him with his celestial disc. In the process , the woman that Lord Shiva carried on his shoulders was cut into millions of pieces and the tongue fell on Kalighat.
Missionaries of Charity (Nirmal Hriday): The modern day mother of the poor , the weak and the helpless had a home at the Mother Teresa's center for the dying and destitute. You can visit this institution to get a glimpse of love for the poor in action.
St. John's Church: Near B.B.D. Bag on Hastings Street is 200 years old. Built in Greek sculpture. 174 feet high it lies Close to the place, where Job Charnok, the founder of Calcutta lies buried.
Botanical Gardens, Shibpur founded in 1786 at Shibpur, Howrah, the botanical garden lies on the bank of river Hooghly. It stretches to 270 acres and has around 50,000 different kinds of plants, trees, herbs. The oldest banyan tree is more 250 years old.
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