Kolkata; an opportunity to relish history, culture & modernization

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Kolkata, An Opportunity To Relish History, Culture & Modernization Kolkata is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal. It is a tourism attractions replete city that has anything to everything related to tourism; this includes: historical attractions, modern attractions, cultural heritages, best of culinary cuisines, and more. Visit the city in next holiday and choose accommodations from best 5 Star hotels in Kolkata for a fun trip of the city. An ancient city, Kolkata, with an interesting mix of cultures, colonial past, literature, commercial significance, poetry, political expression, and cuisine, is a destination that stores something in its tourism valise for every single visitor of it. According to one of the popular legend there exists a place in the city where the charred fingers of maa Sati (who is referred as maa Kali locally) fell, which then took to the construction of a temple with the deity of Maa Kali. The place where the temple stands today is called Kalighat and is one of the most religiously significant places in the country. There is also a belief that when the British came to the city, they named it Calcutta on the reference to the Kali temple and Kalighat.

Kolkata was also once the major trading point for the British East India Company. Job Charnock, an administrator of the Company, is believed to be the founder of modern Kolkata. However, there are disputes on the statement, and in response to it, ruling out all petitions the Calcutta High Court stated that the city has no founder. Nonetheless, the city today still continues to be a major powerhouse of commerce and trade. It finds fame in the fact that there are many Nobel Prize winners, poets, writers, and musicians in the history that came from Kolkata. In short, Kolkata is in


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