Kolkata Beckons: a window to Kolkata (Calcutta) and all things that are Bengali. This site covers topics on Kolkata, and north, south, west and central parts of the city. There are sections on description of various suburbs like Salt Lake (Bidhan Nagar) and Howrah. You can find the city's 300 year old history, map, statistics, daily weather forecast, places to visit and more. Learn what makes this majestic city unique. There's also a Kolkata city guide / directory / yellow pages covering information on restaurant, hotel, bank, cyber cafe, cybercafe, beauty parlor, parlour, saloon, healthcare, hospital, nursing home, ambulance, blood bank, oxygen, chemist, cardiac units, eye bank, nurse and nursing services, immunization centre, education, university, management, engineering, medical, college, school, library, research institute, club, discotheque, cinema hall, theatre, police station, fire brigade station, lpg (liquid petroleum gas) dealer, cooking gas dealer, ration / rationing office, late night petrol pump and gas station, court, consulate, embassy, news agency, pin code, speed post centres, telegraph offices, courier service, shopping, market, book store, jewellery shop, government emporium, card and gift shops, bus routes, tram routes, ferry service, launch route, airline, metro railway, electricity board, art gallery, amusement park, bowling alley, pool and snooker parlor, entertainment centre, etc. The site also has a telephone directory search engine and a pincode search engine for the city of Kolkata. There are articles on Adda, the famous Coffee House of Calcutta, Balaposh, Hand pulled Rickshaw, Kalighat Pat painting, Tram and Quotation on Kolkata. In the new recipe section you can find more than 444 authentic Bengali recipe / food / cuisine and a translation chart for the ingredients used by Bengalis. There is also a section on profile and information of the state of West Bengal, which covers local news, newspaper, magazine, Kolkata related links and sites, prabasi bengali association, famous / eminent bengalee personalities, tourist location in Bengal like Darjeeling, sunderban, digha, kalimpong, and various maps of Bengal. Kolkata is called the cultural capital of India - know about the culture in the sections dedicated on durga puja, saraswati puja, kali puja, biswakarma puja, poila baishakh, rabindra jayanti, pous mela, bhai phota, calcutta book fair, makar sankranti, ganga sagar mela, charak pujo, dol purnima, and jamai shasthi. Refer Webster dictionary, thesaurus and Britannica encyclopaedia in the search and reference section. Search the site and web. Learn the Bengali language with the English to Bengali translation section.
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