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4 places to explore — hand-picked across West Bengal.
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Bishnupur, in West Bengal's Bankura district, is known for its exquisite terracotta temples built by the Malla kings in the 17th and 18th centuries. Temples such as the Rasmancha, Jor Bangla and Sh…
Darjeeling is a highland town at about 2,042 metres on a steep mountain ridge of the Lesser Himalayas in northern West Bengal. Dominated visually by the snow mass of Mount Kanchenjunga, the third-h…
Fort William is a large star-shaped fort on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River in the Hastings area of Kolkata, spanning roughly 70 hectares with a dry moat and six gates. Built by the British E…
Kalimpong sits at 1,250 metres — some eight hundred metres lower than Darjeeling and a couple of hours further on — and is warmer and quieter for both reasons. The town's real trade is flowers. Th…
