Auditorium and cultural centre planned as part of the independence movement by Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose. The foundation stone was laid in 1939 by Rabindranath Tagore, who named it Mahajati Sadan. It was completed by Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy in the early 1950s.
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Built in 1835 by zamindar and art connoisseur Raja Rajendra Mullick, the palace is now a private museum. Spend your afternoon among precious objects d'art, including works of Rubens and Sir Joshua Reynolds. A real garden, of maybe an acre with a Palladian Mansion, set square in the centre. Today this palace has an incongruous collection of statues and paintings. There is also a private zoo housing a collection of birds from different corners of the world.
ঠনঠনিয়া কালীবাড়ি Ṭhonṭhoniyā Kālībāṛi
One of the oldest Kali temples in Kolkata, where hundreds of devotees gather at the temple for worship on the occasions of Kali Puja, Kaushiki Amavasya and Phalaharini Amavasya. Animal sacrifice is still observed during new moon nights and Kali Puja, as per the tantric traditions followed there.
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.
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.