Kolkata

West Bengal Is The Only State That All Combines The Triple Travel Thrills Of The Mountains, The Plains And The Coastline. Darjeeling, Where The Mist Is Like A Tantalizing Curtain To The Beauty Of The Kanchendzonga; Shanti Niketan, The Home Of The 'Poet' Rabindra Nath Tagore; The Sunderbans, The Largest Estuarine Forest In The World; And Digha, Promising Sun, Sea, Sand, Surfing And Seafood! Calcutta, Now Renamed Kolkata – The 'City Of Joy', Has Overtones Of Fish, Marx And Literature In Equal Measures. This First City Built By The British Was The Earlier Capital Of India, Before Shifting Base To Delhi.

Kolkata (Calcutta) Is A Feast For The Sanity. It Is The Cultural Capital Of India, With A Population Nearing 15 Million People, Though This City Is Loud And Sprawling You Will Be Acknowledged At Every Turn With Unfamiliar Sights, The Heritage Buildings, Honking Cars, Man Powered Rickshaws, Trams, Fish Markets Down The Corner, We Will Not Let You Feel Lost In This Huge City.

We Help You Explore This Cosmopolitan City Of India- A City With Jewish Synagogues, Parsi Temple, Jain Temple, Chinese Temples, and Mosques & Mausoleums With The Three Important Land Marks; The Kali Ghat, The Howrah Bridge And The Victoria Memorial.

A Guided Tour Of Kolkata Will Show You A Bustling, Ambiguous City - A City Where A Day- Tripper Can Explore The Art While Walking Through The Alleys Of Kumartulli (The Artist Lane), Sail Under The Howrah Bridge Enjoying The Placid Breeze Of The River Hooghly, Walk Through The Slums To Stumble Upon Some Smiling Faces To Pose For A Click Or Explore The Colonial Architecture At Dalhousie (BBD Bag). Or Hop On A Rickshaw With Your Guide As You Explore The City Of Joy. For A Spiritual Faith Walk Inside The Holy Kali Temple, Be A Local With Us To See The Authentic Kolkata.

Calcutta Naming Of The City

Theory 1 One Of The First Theories Suggests That After The Settlement Of British In The Trio Village, All Three Villages Were Assimilated Into One And Named ‘Kalikata’. The Reason Behind Naming The Place ‘Kalikata’ Was Purely A Marketing Strategy Used By The British Who Stamped ‘Kalikata’ On Their Export Goods To Compete With The Portuguese Trade In Calico From Calicut In Southern India.

Theory 2 The Second Theory Suggests That The Naming Of The City Might Also Have Been Due To Its Riverside Location. The First Half Of The Name ‘Kol’ Bears Reference To A Particular Feature Of Indentation In River Banks; Thus The Place Was Named ‘Kolikata’.

Theory 3 The Third Assumption Is The Most Popular And Hilarious One. It Is So Said That The Name Was The Result Of A Miscommunication Between An Englishman And A Local Grass-Cutter. When The Englishman Asked The Bengali Villager For The Name Of His Village, He Answered ‘Kal-Kata’ (‘I Cut It Yesterday’) Thinking That The Questioned Referred To His Bundle Of Grass.

Theory 4 Another Popular Theory Also Says That The City Was Named After The Goddess Kali, Known To Be The Most Popularly Worshipped Deity Of The Region. The Different Versions Of The City’s Name Was Finally Anglicized By The British And Called Calcutta. However In 2001, Buddhadeb Bhattacharya The Then Chief Minister Of West Bengal Named The City Back To Its Roots And Called It ‘Kolkata’

Kolkata (Calcutta) Is A Feast For The Sanity. It Is The Cultural Capital Of India, With A Population Nearing 15 Million People, Though This City Is Loud And Sprawling You Will Be Acknowledged At Every Turn With Unfamiliar Sights, The Heritage Buildings, Honking Cars, Man Powered Rickshaws, Trams, Fish Markets Down The Corner, We Will Not Let You Feel Lost In This Huge City.

We Help You Explore This Cosmopolitan City Of India- A City With Jewish Synagogues, Parsi Temple, Jain Temple, Chinese Temples, and Mosques & Mausoleums With The Three Important Land Marks; The Kali Ghat, The Howrah Bridge And The Victoria Memorial.

A Tour Of Kolkata Will Show You A Bustling, Ambiguous City - A City Where A Day- Tripper Can Explore The Art While Walking Through The Alleys Of Kumartulli (The Artist Lane), Sail Under The Howrah Bridge Enjoying The Placid Breeze Of The River Hooghly, Walk Through The Slums To Stumble Upon Some Smiling Faces To Pose For A Click Or Explore The Colonial Architecture At Dalhousie (BBD Bag) Or Hop On A Rickshaw With Your Guide As You Explore The City Of Joy. For A Spiritual Faith Walk Inside The Holy Kali Temple, Be A Local With Us To See The Authentic Kolkata.