See the beautiful city kolkata of india in the 2012

This is one of the India's largest cities and once it has been the capital (1772 to1912) of British India, it was now known as Kolkata ( and formerly Calcutta) is situated on the east bank of the Hooghly, a channel of the Ganges, 154 km upstream from the Bay of Bengal which was Growing beyond its British colonial foundations, this city has been Kolkata assimilated strong European influences to create an amalgam culture that found early expression in the life and works of

the 19^th century Bengali elite and its best known figure, Rabindranath Tagore. Kolkatans are said to possess a rare joie de vivre that manifests itself in their penchant for art and culture and a level of intellectual vitality and political.

There is awareness an unsurpassed in the rest of the country, and which doesn’t have no other Indian city can attract so many the kinds of crowds that throng to Calcutta's book fairs, art exhibitions, and concerts, markets, shopping, and been as industrial cities. There is a lively trading of polemics on walls, which has led to Kolkata being dubbed the city of posters. There is much top university and its home city of first Indian noble laureate. Rabindranath Tagore.

But Kolkata thrives amid seemingly insurmountable economic, social, and political problems. For all its vitality, a large number of its residents live in abject conditions, far removed from the rarefied cultural milieu. Many a visitor remarks on the city's air quality, physical decay, and fetid smells. In short, this is known Kolkata still remains an enigma to many Indians as well as to foreigners. It continues to puzzle newcomers and to arouse an abiding nostalgia in the minds of those who have lived there.

The places you can visit: Howrah Bridge, Rabindra Sadan, Shaheed Minar, Raj Bhawan,Victoria Memorial,Vidyasagar Setu,Writer's Building , Kalighat Temple, Dakshineshwar Temple,Belur Math, Thanthania Kalibari,Birla Mandir,Pareshnath Temple and many more.