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A Shiva temple where daily rituals are performed with cremation ashes.

Despite intended to be a sober memorial of the Bengali poet, it gives an exquisite view of the Hooghly River, with the Howrah Bridge at the backdrop.

Contains graves of Bengali poet Toru Dutt and his family.

Literally a "new abode of god", it consists of a prayer building and a cemetery of the Brahmo sect of Hinduism. Although dead bodies are usually cremated in mainstream Hindu traditions, they are buried in Brahmoism.

The house of artist Nandalal Bose in Kolkata, famous for the untimely Raksha Bandhan celebration on 16 October 1905, arranged by Rabidranath Tagore to protest Lord Curzon's decision to divide Bengal into two.

A large palace with an imposing clock (ঘড়ি ghoṛi). The ground floor hosts various shops, and the Mullick family once hosted a pharmacy there.

The house belonging to Gokul Mitra with a temple of Madan Mohan inside. One legend accounts that the King of Bishnupur gave an idol of Madan Mohan to Gokul Mitra when he was in difficult times.

The residence of the scientist world-renowned for Bose-Einstein statistics.

An old bathing ghat where Sarada Devi, the wife of Sri Ramakrishna, used to bathe.

The original residence of the Tagore family, now in shambles. It is called "castle" mainly for its resemblance to a European castle compared to a traditional Indian building. Its auditorium once hosted Baṅga Nāṭyālaẏ (বঙ্গ নাট্যালয়) from 1859 to 1872, started by theatre enthusiasts Jatindra Mohan Tagore and his brother Shourendra Mohan Tagore.

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.

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.

A memorial housed in the palace that gave birth to one of Kolkata's premier football clubs. The name "Mohun Bagan" comes from that garden that belonged to Gopi Mohun Deb of the Sovabazar Raj family, which was replaced by the present building built by jute merchant Kirti Chandra Mitra. In front of the building, there's a group sculpture named "Amar Ekadash" (literally the "immortal eleven"), depicting the eleven team members of the Mohun Bagan Athletic Club that won the IFA Shield in 1911, which was a historic win against East Yorks, symbolising Indian nationalism back then.

A plaque in front of the building where Sri Aurobindo was arrested due to the Alipore Bomb Case against him and others, now occupied by the Hatibagan branch of the State Bank of India (SBI).

The ancestral home of the Tagore family. The huge sprawling brick mansions were the cultural hub of Kolkata for close to a century and a major force in the women's liberation movement. It hosted the first Brahmo wedding and was an important centre of Indian independence movement. The house was converted into a museum in 1961. The museum has three large galleries—one of the life and works of Rabindranath Tagore, a second gallery about his close relatives such as father Debendranath Tagore, Abanindranath Tagore, Gaganendranath Tagore etc. and a third gallery on the Bengali Renaissance in general.

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.

A museum with a collection of some of the instruments designed, made and used by Jagadish Chandra Bose, along with his personal belongings and memorabilia.

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.

The museum collects, preserves and interprets objects related to the history of the Kolkata Police. Exhibits includes various items seized during the freedom struggle of the country.

The memorabilia in the museum consists of photographs, sketches, paintings and excerpts from the writings of Ram Mohan Roy and others reproduced, wherever possible, in facsimile. Also, period furniture and diorama representations were designed to recreate the times. Together they not only give you glimpses of the various facets of one of the greatest personalities of the modern age, but at the same time takes you back into a period in history when India was at crossroads, and Ram Mohan Roy heralded the coming of the modern age.

The 18th-century building was in a dilapidated condition, worsening day by day. The Ramakrishna Mission acquired it, along with an adjacent plot, in May 1999. Ramakrishna Mission restored Vivekananda's ancestral house without changing any of its original architectural features. It houses Vivekananda's birthplace, meditation hall (first floor) and museum, where some of the articles used by Vivekananda, his father, mother and brothers are preserved.

The erstwhile residential house of Pandit Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, social reformer, language pioneer and a key figure in bringing about the renaissance in Bengal, has been converted into a women's college which runs various professional and language courses. The heritage building was renamed 'Vidyasagar Smriti Mandir'. A part of the building has been converted into a museum.

The largest synagogue in Eastern India, with Victorian architectural style. It was built in 1884 by Elias David Ezra in memory of his father David Joseph Ezra, who made his fortune in the real estate trade of Kolkata. It is colloquially called lal minarwala church (লাল মিনারওয়ালা চার্চ lāl minārōyālā chārch) for its distinctive red tower.

The largest mosque in Kolkata. It was built by Abdur Rahim Osman in 1926, who came from Kutch in Gujarat. It is one of the few religious buildings built in Indo-Saracenic architecture. An exhibition of exquisite ornaments is held regularly inside the mosque.

18th-century Armenian Apostolic church. The current building dates back to 1724.

Built in 1799, it's the only remaining major building of Kolkata’s lesser-known Portuguese colonial history.

The only Parsi temple in Kolkata. Like other such temples in India, entry is limited to Parsis.

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".

A red-coloured temple at the middle of a wide thoroughfare, built by a zamindar of Sovabazar.

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.

One of the earliest institutions of commercial Bengali theatre, along with the Minerva Theatre. It was also one of the places where the first motion pictures in Bengal, made by Hira Lal Sen, were screened. The Star Theatre was later named after Binodini Dasi, fondly called Noṭī Binodinī (নটী বিনোদিনী), due to her close professional connection with the theatre.

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 mansion with a large courtyard, known for the "fanush" (ফানুস phānus) festival celebrated in the afternoon of Diwali, where paper-made sky lanterns called phānus are flown. These sky lanterns work like hot-air balloons, where the air inside is heated with a cloth rag ball (লুটি luṭi) soaked in spirit, which is attached to the base of the lantern. The venue of the phānus festival was purchased in 1925 by Raghunath Dutt and is named after his father, Bholanath Dutt. The first phānus festival was also observed there in 1925, and various theme-based sky lanterns are now flown from the mansion.

One of the largest Durga Puja celebrations in the city, which began in 1943 by Lakhi Chand Jaiswal as a small celebration in a shop. It has been attended by celebrities, industrialists, politicians, and even foreign diplomats. The common theme is usually environmentalism, and a windmill and solar panels power the pandal.

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.

A park based around a swimming pool, which was originally one of the nine water tanks built by the Lottery Committee between 1817 and 1836. The name "Hedua" is generally said to have come from the word hrad (হ্রদ), meaning "lake".