The Victoria Memorial was built to honor Queen Victoria during the British Raj... yet in actuality, it was built to show Britain's superiority over the Indians by building a grander memorial then the Taj Mahal. I'm sorry to those that consume heavy amounts of fish n chips - but Victoria memorial can never compare with the Taj Mahal. And I say this without ever seeing the Taj...
Monuments along the Maidan
Above is the largest Church in Kolkata. Beautiful to say the least.
The heart and soul of Bengal ... well, at least for the West Bengalis. Rabindranath Tagore was a major contributor to the Bengal Renaissance of the 19th Century.
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