Kolkata
Instagrammable places in Kolkata
AJC Bose Indian Botanic Garden & the Great BanyanA single tree you can walk inside, half a kilometre around its canopy
Pareshnath Jain TempleMirrors, mosaic and coloured glass: the most luminous temple interior in the cityDetails →
Chandannagar Strand (French Riverside)An hour north, a French promenade on the Hooghly and the river's best sunset
Prinsep GhatSunset, wooden boats and a lit bridge: the riverside evening Kolkata keeps for itselfDetails →
Shaheed MinarThe Maidan's tallest exclamation, borrowed from Egypt, Syria and Turkey at onceDetails →
The MaidanThe city's shared back garden: football, carriages and the last heritage tram
South Park Street CemeteryPark Street's traffic on one side of the wall, complete stillness on the otherDetails →
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