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48B Muktaram Babu Street

I have always loved everything old. Be it textiles, wood, glass, art, traditions. A Heritage Collective started by some friends...
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All Faith Walk – Reuse

All Faith Walk – Reuse
An All Faith Walk. Synagogues (all), agiaries, The Jain Mandir, Dharmankur, The Portuguese Church, The Armenian Church. The Bohra Mosque...
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All Faith Walk – Videos by Priobrota Ghosh

All Faith Walk – Videos by Priobrota Ghosh
Calcutta, a Multicultural, Pluralistic Identity It is said that Calcutta is one of the few cities of the world which...
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All Faith Walk by Ayan Ghosh

All Faith Walk by Ayan Ghosh
An ‘All Faiths’ Walk in the beating heart of Calcutta One morning in September 1858, the city of Calcutta woke...
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Architect John Garstin

British architect Colonel John Garstin built the Kolkata Town Hall , to specifically provide a space for societal gathering of...
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Architect Nairn Forbes

William Nairn Forbes, of the Bengal Engineers, was born at Blackford in Aberdeenshire in 1796, spent most of his career...
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Architect Vincent Jerome Esch

Vincent Jerome Esch was born to Bernard Esch, a merchant banker of Blackheath, London and educated at Mount St Mary’s College,...
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Architect Walter Granville

Walter B.Granville (1819-74)  was certainly one of the foremost, if not the foremost, among architects of the British Raj and...
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Barrister Babu Baari

Barrister Babu Baari
Chandi Basu a successful businessman owned many Bheris, including Nalban and made the house at 92 Kabi Sukanta Sarani, two...
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Bhukailash Raj Baari

Bhukailash Raj Baari
Two big aatchala Shiva temples – Raktakamaleswar and Krishnachandreswar standing there from 1780 onwards and which have archaeological, architectural and...
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