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One of the four cinema halls that premiered Satyajit Ray's movie Pather Panchali. While the other halls were later shut down or became inactive, this one is still very active.
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বিজলী Bij(o)lī
আদ্যাকালী মন্দির Ādyākālī Mondir
Houses Kolkata's patron deity. According to the legend, when Lord Shiva’s wife Parvati’s body was cut up, one of her fingers fell here. Rebuilt in 1809, this is one of the 51 shakti pithas.
নির্মল হৃদয় Nirmol Hridoy
A hospice for the sick, destitute and the dying established by Mother Teresa.
formerly Alipore Central Jail
A museum dedicated to the Indian independence movement, with a special focus on Bengal. It was a prison during the British rule, and was used to arrest many freedom activists. The museum contains patriotic lyrics of Kazi Nazrul Islam on the wall, along with the individual cells of Jawaharlal Nehru, Kazi Nazrul Islam, Subhas Chandra Bose, Sri Aurobindo and others. There are exhibits within some of these cells that replicate the daily lives of the prisoners. The museum also has a somber site of the gallows where many activists were hanged. It also organises a sound and light show in the evenings in Bengali and Hindi.