//
Photo: Avrajyoti Mitra, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Though the mint dates back to 1757, the present building was built in the 1930s.
The India Government Mint, Kolkata was first established in 1757, and was located in a building next to the Black Hole in the old fort – where the GPO stands today. It was called the Calcutta Mint and used to produce coins with the mint name Murshidabad.
© OpenStreetMap contributors
The museum has a wide collection of antiques from the bronze age and various artefacts collected from excavations across West Bengal.
ভূকৈলাস রাজবাড়ি Bhūkailas Rājbāṛi
One of the few zamindar palaces in South Kolkata, built by Joynarayan Ghosal in 1781. He had an estate at Gobindapur, which later became Fort William (present-day Vijay Durg). He got a new estate of 108 bighas (1,44,720 m²) at Kidderpore during the construction of Fort William. After clearing the forest, he built a palace as well as temples dedicated to Shiva and family deity Patitapavani. Since then, the whole property has been endowed for worship of Patitapavani.
One of the major Jagannath temples in West Bengal, and Ratha Yatra is the major crowd-puller of this temple.
ছোট রাসবাড়ি Choṭa Rāsbāṛi
A temple built in 1846-47 by Pyarilal Mondal and Monimohan Mondal, both members of the Bawali zamindar family of Budge Budge, once served as a major pilgrimage site. The temple complex also has a ghat along the Adi Ganga River with four columns, now in shambles. Even the river faces similar condition, being neglected for decades.
Masjid Ismail