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India's first university museum. The museum has specimens of various phases of Indian art, with special emphasis on the art of Bengal. The collection includes sculptures made of stone, metal, wood or terracotta, and different illustrated books of ancient and medieval India.
Asutosh Museum of Indian Art is an art museum located in the main campus of University of Calcutta on College Street, Kolkata, India, on the first and second floors of the Centenary Building. Established in 1937, it is the first public museum in any University in India. The university museum is named after Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee who was the Vice-Chancellor of the university for four consecutive two-year terms (1906–1914) and a fifth two-year term (1921–23). The objective of the museum was to collect and preserve specimens of various phases of Indian art with special emphasis on the art of Bengal.
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গোলদীঘি Gōldīghi
One of the oldest swimming pools of Kolkata, College Square is known for its considerable contribution towards history of the city's aquatic culture. It also houses the tomb of David Hare, and a monument for the members of the 49th Bengalee Regiment who died in World War I. Durga Puja is celebrated each year at College Square, and it witnesses heavy footfall during that time.
A small, but interesting Theravada Buddhist temple located in an historic building. There is a library and shrine room on the second floor. Meditation classes are held every 1st and 3rd Sunday of the month.
One of the houses of the Law (or Laha) family on Bidhan Sarani. It has been owned by Shyama Charan Law and his descendants, and it hosts Durga Puja every year.
ফিরিঙ্গি কালীবাড়ি Phiringi Kālībāṛi
An old Kali temple, said to be 500 years old. The temple is called "Firinghi Kalibari" because Portuguese-born folk singer Anthony Firingee used to visit the temple. Here, Goddess Kali is worshipped as "Shri Shri Siddheshwari Kalimata Thakurani".
ঠনঠনিয়া রাজবাটী Ṭhonṭhoniyā Rājbāṭī
One of the houses of the Law (or Laha) family on Bidhan Sarani. The Rajbati was originally owned as the joint property as 2, Cornwallis St. Later, Durga Charan Law divided it into 2A and 2B, with 2A being given to honorary magistrate Raja Kristo Dass Law, whose descendants stay here, housing the Pasteur Laboratories. The 2B now houses the National Insurance Company Limited, with no signs of the past Law family heritage.