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Diamond Harbour, as Hughli is a deep and wide
river in which ships can sail. International trade

is also carried out from here.

Know It!

v The Ganga River is called Hughli in West Bengal.

Architecture and Places of Tourist Interest Diamond Harbour

There are many buildings in Kolkata which have heritage value. Here
are located the well-known Victoria Memorial, Indian Museum,
National Library of India, Science

City, Shaheed Minar, Birla
Planetarium, Botanical Gardens,

Alipore Zoo, Rabindra Sarovar,
Vidyasagar Bridge, Belur

Math, Dakshineswar Temple,
Ramkrishna Mission and Shanti Ramkrishna Botanical Victoria

Niketan etc. There are several Mission Garden Memorial
river-front parks too.

People, Culture, Language and Food

The people of Kolkata are known for their literary, artistic and

revolutionary taste, so this city is also called the cultural capital of India.
Rabindra Sangeet is very popular. Among the most popular festivals are
included Durga Puja, Saraswati Puja, Vishwakarma Puja etc.

As the climate is hot and wet, people prefer to wear cotton clothes. Dhoti-

kurta for men and saree for women are the popular dresses. Bengali is
commonly spoken, but other

Indian languages are also
spoken. Rice and fish is the

most favourite dish. Several
sweets are very popular

which include rasgolla,
Durja Puja a Bengali Couple rasgolla
sandes and chamcham.

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