Kalighat Park

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.

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.

A hospice for the sick, destitute and the dying established by Mother Teresa.

The venue of one of the biggest Durga Puja celebrations of South Kolkata. It also contains one of the tallest permanently-installed Durga statues of the city as well. There's also a monument north of the park, dedicated to the Bengali authors and the martyrs of the Bengali language movements of Bangladesh and Assam.