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Day – 1 Arrive Kolkata.
Meals Included: None.
Welcome to Kolkata. Reach the International Airport.
Upon arrival you will be met by our representative and
transferred to your hotel. Check-In and Overnight.
Day – 2 Kolkata
Meals Included: Breakfast / Lunch.
Breakfast at the hotel. You will begin sightseeing of
Kolkata with a visit to the Indian Museum, built in
1875. It is an impressive building in the Italian style
of architecture. Continue sightseeing with a visit to
the Victoria Memorial Museum, built in Italian
Renaissance cum Saracenic style. This British attempt at
building a second Taj Mahal, is dedicated to Queen
Victoria and houses a fantastic collection of rare
memorabilia from Colonial days.
After lunch continue the tour with a drive past tour of
Colonial Kolkata. End the day with a visit to the
Ramakrishna Mission Ashram at Belur Math and a visit to
the Dakshineshwar Temple. Overnight in Kolkata.
Day – 3 Kolkata / Next Destination
Meals Included: Breakfast.
After breakfast, visit the Flower Market and Kumartuli
to see the studios of clay modelers. This flower market
is a 24 hours open whole sale market, as old as the City
of Kolkata. Like the flower market Kumartuli is also one
of the oldest residential area of the city of Kolkata,
with a high concentration of CLAY MODELLERS, known as
Kumar. The interesting thing to see during the visit is
the making of icons of Hindu Gods and Goddesses, made of
bamboo straw and clay, finally decorated with color and
cloth.
Continue to next program.
DURGA PUJA, Kolkata (October)
Durga Puja is one of the largest and most splendid
festivals in the country. Community pujas (prayer
service) in Bengal are organized in every locality.
Families visit each other and spread the communal
goodwill. On Bijoya Day (culmination of the
festivities), idols of Maa Durga (mother Goddess) are
taken in elaborate processions and immersed in the river
or sea.
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