Monday 25 June 2012

City of Joy

Some photos from our time in Kolkata:

Kolkata was a really interesting place and you could definitely pick up on the influence of the earlier British  Occupation.

Standing in front of St. Paul's Anglican Cathedral:



Waiting for our taxi to 'cool off':


Victoria Memorial, situated in the middle of the city among beautiful gardens:



St. John's Cathedral, I think the oldest in the city:



A lot of the beautiful buildings constructed during the British Raj are now in really bad shape as seen here:



We took a walk through an artisans' colony where they work to make thousands of these clay idols for different festivals:



Goddess Kali, for whom the city is named:



Artisan working on some clay moulds:



Crossing Horwah Bridge:



Standing in front of Victoria Monument:




The tomb of Mother Teresa:



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