11 Best Things To Do in Kolkata, India (Calcutta) - Kolkata Food and Travel Guide

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Here are 11 of the best things to do in Kolkata, India my Kolkata travel guide: Subscribe now for more videos: Kolkata, India, was the first city I visited when I went to India, and after traveling throughout the northern part of the country, Kolkata was one of my favorite cities. It sure is huge and chaotic as you would expect, yet at the same time it's such a fascinating city full of life, culture, and lots of delicious food. Now let's get right into these top 11 things to do in Kolkata, India. 1. Mother Teresa Home - The first thing on the list is the Mother Teresa home which in Kolkata is just known as Mother's Home. It's the location where Mother Teresa lived, worked, and influenced many many people. At the small Catholic mission you can go inside, see Mother's tomb where she's buried and also see the room where she spent much of her time writing and thinking. There's also a small little museum where you can see some of her possessions. 2. Victoria Memorial Hall - Second on the list of top things to do in Kolkata (Calcutta) is the Victoria Memorial Hall which happens to be one of the most important landmarks in the entire city. The outside of the hall, which is built in Victorian style, is surrounded by nice gardens where you can walk around. The entrance to the park is just 4 Rupees. If you choose to go to the inside, the cost is 150 Rupees and you can get into the museum. 3. South Park Street Cemetery - One of the spookiest attractions in Kolkata (Calcutta, is the South Park Street Cemetery, a dark garden that's full of huge tombs. The cemetery is free to enter, though they'll ask your for a donation when you either enter or exit. 4. Khalighat Kali Temple - Dedicated to the Hindu Goddess of Kali, is the most famous and sacred Hindu Temple in Kolkata (Calcutta. The temple is nearly always busy and in order to enter you've got to take off your shoes. Surrounding the temple is a busy market. Be careful when you visit the Kalighat Temple, there are many scams and people people that will ask for donations. 5. New Market - Next on this video list of Kolkata attractions is the New Market, sort of the center of the city with lots of energy. The New Market has an indoor section where you can shop for everything from clothes to electronics, but in my opinion, it's the outdoors area surrounding the market that's the most interesting. Here you'll find food, clothes, fruit, spices, and just about everything else you can possibly imagine. You can also have the opportunity to take a Kolkata human powered rickshaw in this area. 6. Indian Museum - Coming in next is the Indian Museum in Kolkata, one of the original museums in all of India. It's a huge museum and the highlight of the many exhibitions is the Egyptian mummy and numerous other valuable collections. The museum is also known as the Magic House. 7. Belur Math - Located north of the main part of the city is Belur Math, a private temple that's located along the banks of the Hooghly River. The temple is quiet and relaxing, and because they don't allow any videos or photos, I had to take the video from near the gate where they didn't have security. 8. Dakshineswar Kali Temple - Across and upstream the river from Belur Math is the huge Dakshineswar Kali Temple, one of the most famous Hindu temples in Kolkata. It's north of Kolkata, but it's worth a trip there to see the crowds and to see people bathing in the river. 9. Mullik Ghat Flower Market - Next up is the center flower market of Kolkata. The market, which is located below the Howrah Bridge, is just a fascinating sight of moving colorful flowers. 10. Terreti Market - Occupying Sun Yat Sen road, is the early morning Chinese food market which is known as Terreti Bazar. It makes a perfect place to get a morning breakfast of Chinese food when you're in town. 11. Kolkata Street Food - Last but not least for things to do in Kolkata is eat street food. There's a lot to eat and it's mouthwatering good Also see and
Date: 2019-08-19

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perikaveera
I'm from Bombay and settled in the U. S. about a quarter century ago. This New Year's eve I was in Bombay and we decided to take a trip to Kolkata, which has been described as a filthy city, dying city and all of that in our media. But as far as my history knowledge goes, Cal was the political, cultural, spiritual and scientific capital of India. All of our literary and scientific giants were from Bengal (East and West. Our trip to Cal was a shocking experience because reality was quite the opposite from what we had imagined. Kolkata is beautiful, clean, beautiful promenades and vast open grounds for the public. Traffic was much smoother with no traffic jams compared to Bombay. Very little garbage strewn on the street, no building debris, Lots of cleanliness that we in Bombay are not used to. Bombay is a big garbage dump so readers please don't believe anybody that tells you that it's a lie. Other than around Park Street where we stayed at the Oberoi Grand Hotel, we took cab rides to Howrah, Hoogly, Alipore, Salt Lake. All these neighborhoods were so well maintained, inhabited by decent neighbors. I'm thinking of relocating to Kolkata because BOMBAY is the most filthy and unlivable city in India. Even the people of Kolkata were so helpful and courteous and disciplined. Bombay is the dead city. or rather the fastest dying city in India. Jackson, Mississippi.
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Avisankha Dutta
Mark hats off to you for your patience in realising the city. This city has life. Being born and brought up in Kolkata, I feel blessed. I've been posted out of the state for the past two years and everytime I return I relive each day in Kolkata. If anyone needs to prepare a list of to do things in Kolkata it would take a month. Again if you want to include durga puja you need one more month to feel the essence. Thanks Mark for making so many videos on this part of India which shows you have felt the life in here. Well, the mango shake is really awesome during summer
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Arnab Bhattacharya
I would have added an early Sunday morning heritage walk at Dalhousie Square and its environs with unparalleled collection of Victorian, Georgian and Edwardian buildings. Next in my list would have been a walk in the Calcutta strand - starting at the imposing princep ghat. Not to miss a round of golf at the RCGC - the oldest outside Britain.
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Anik M
Wellcome to my city Although these are not the top things. You just missed most of the fascinating places like science city, elliot park, rabindra sarobar, nico park, eco park, birla planetarium, indian botanical garden, alipoor zoo, salt lake city, eden gardens, salt lake stadium, prinsep ghat and so many. Hope u will come soon and enjoy these.
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Awadhesh Chaturvedi
to start with, i would recommend all the people who are coming from the abroad, not to have street food. You might face serious stomach ache. There are place which are clean and safe, please visit those places to have food. Kolkata is an amazing city, but being an indian, i must tell u not to consume the street food. Please.
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Sanjay Kumar
Hi Mark. yes some one in comment box rightly said that u even not covered 10% of Kolkata and nearby must watch. such as Botanical Garden at Howrah with Majestic the great banyan tree, Zoo at Alipur, East Kolkata Wet land near salt lake, Sonapur Birds Santurary and many more. . once u visit again do contact.
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Amindranath Sekera
'The Missionary Position: Mother Theresa in Theory and Practice' by Christopher Hitchens M. T did heavy damage to KolKotta and India's reputation India and Calcutta were depicted as a 'Hell Hole' within a large 'Cess Pool' But Man The Indians Lapped it all up Kolkotta may never recover
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Anshul Mishra
I have lived here almost all my life up until 2015 and I've also traveled quite a lot in India and I can easily say that Kolkata offers the best array of street food. That is the one thing I miss most. Also I loved what you said towards the end of your video. Couldn't be more true: )
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Glenn McKnight
I will be in Kolkata next year for a conference and i will visit the British military cemeteries and take pictures for the Commonwealth War Graves Project also i will meet up with people who collect stories for the 1947 Partition Project coming from Oshawa Canada
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Nebu Losa
Mother Theresa was just a hypocrite trying to convert India to increase the Vatican's income. If that scumbag was really concerned about people, she would have gone to an African country. African countries are much more in need of help than India.
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