West Bengal Heritage
The tour begins with the historical remains of the ancient capital
Gaur and Pandua, off Malda, and goes on to Vishnupur, Bankura –
a land of exquisite terracotta sculptures and silk.
The tour moves on to Murshidabad, seat of the Nawabs of Bengal and
the romantic Nadia district, steeped in culture and scholasticism,
"mad in their love for God".
Experience the world vision of poet and philosopher Rabindranath
Tagore at Shantiniketan, and the crystallization of a universal
religious testimony at Dakshineswar and Belur Math.
The tour winds into Hooghly district, witness to Dutch, French,
English and Portuguese forays into Bengal, and leads to Calcutta,
a city that has witnessed three centuries of cultural mingling and
is a rare beauty. Where the past stands hand-in-hand with the present.
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