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Christmas Parade by students at the 2016 Kolkata Christmas Festival. Kolkata Christmas Festival is held in December (from December 22 to December 30 in 2017). It initially spanned just the period around Christmas Day but has since been extended. The festival is hosted at Allen Park on Park Street (renamed Mother Teresa Sarani). Park Street is ...
Situated at Chowringhee Road adjacent to the Victoria Memorial, St. Paul's Cathedral and the Maidan in Central Kolkata, it is the largest planetarium in Asia [2] and the second largest planetarium in the world. [3] There are two other Birla Planetariums in India: B.M. Birla Planetarium in Chennai and the Birla Planetarium in Hyderabad.
West Bengal celebrates many holidays and festivals. Throughout the Bengali calendar, many festivals are celebrated. Durga Puja is solemnized as perhaps the most significant of all celebrations in West Bengal. [1] Here is a list of the main festivals of West Bengal.
Public Holidays in India also known as Government Holidays colloquially, consist of a variety of cultural, nationalistic, and religious holidays that are legislated in India at the union or state levels. Being a culturally diverse country, there are many festivals celebrated in various regions across the country.
The Kolkata International Book Fair or Kolkata Boi Mela is the world's largest non-trade annual book fair, as well as the largest book fair in Asia. Held on the Milan Mela ground near Science City on E.M. Bypass, this fair has over 600 stalls, selling over Rs.23,000,000 worth of books and attracting more than 2.5 million visitors annually.
The Union of India is a federal union made up of 28 states and 8 union territories. India achieved independence from British rule on 15 August 1947 and became a republic on 26 January 1950. Many states celebrate a state day to mark its formation, statehood, reorganisation or other associated events while some like Assam and Bengal celebrate it ...
The international airport in Kolkata, capital of West Bengal, suspended all flight operations for 15 hours from 6pm local time (12.30pm GMT) on Thursday to 9am Friday.
Kali Puja (ISO: Kālī Pūjā), also known as Shyama Puja or Mahanisha Puja, [1] is a festival originating from the Indian subcontinent, dedicated to the Hindu goddess Kali.It is celebrated on the new moon day (Dipannita Amavasya) of the Hindu calendar month of Ashwayuja (according to the amanta tradition) or Kartika (according to the purnimanta tradition).