Le marché aux fleurs de Malik Ghat est le plus grand marché aux fleurs d'Asie. Il est situé près du célèbre pont Howrah, sur le fleuve Hooghly, à Mallik Ghat. Construit en 1855, il ouvre ses portes dès 3h30 du matin. Vous y découvrirez une atmosphère de dynamisme et de vie.

Le pont de Howrah a été mis en service en 1943 sur le fleuve Hooghly. Initialement baptisé « Nouveau pont de Howrah », il remplaçait un pont flottant situé au même endroit, reliant Howrah et Calcutta. Le 14 juin 1965, il a été rebaptisé Rabindra Setu en hommage au grand poète bengali Rabindranath Tagore, premier lauréat indien et asiatique du prix Nobel. Ce pont, l'un des quatre sur le fleuve Hooghly, est un symbole célèbre de Calcutta et du Bengale-Occidental. C'est le pont cantilever le plus fréquenté au monde. Troisième plus long pont cantilever à l'époque de sa construction, le pont de Howrah est aujourd'hui le sixième plus long pont de ce type au monde. Dépourvu de boulons et d'écrous, il a été entièrement riveté. Sa construction a nécessité 26 500 tonnes d'acier, dont 23 000 tonnes d'acier allié à haute résistance, appelé Tiscrom, fournies par Tata Steel. Il est toujours connu sous le nom de pont Howrah.

La Maison Mère est un lieu saint et de recueillement pour ceux qui recherchent une existence plus pleine de sens. Elle a été fondée par la bienheureuse Mère Teresa en 1950 dans le but de servir l'humanité avec abnégation et d'aider l'humanité éprouvée à trouver le chemin du salut. Après avoir quitté son corps mortel en 1997, Mère Teresa a été inhumée dans un tombeau à l'intérieur de la maison où elle a vécu et servi. Le lieu du tombeau est très simple, mais il dégage une vibration pure et bienveillante qui emplit le cœur de gratitude et de paix. Située au milieu du bruit et de la foule, la tombe de Mère Teresa est un véritable reflet de sa vie, marquée par la méditation pleine d'âme et de pleine conscience. Attenant au bâtiment, un petit musée intitulé « Vie, Esprit et Message de Mère Teresa » présente des sandales usées, un bol en émail abîmé, un sari, un crucifix, un chapelet, quelques lettres manuscrites et des exhortations spirituelles de Mère Teresa. La « chambre de la Mère » est conservée dans toute sa simplicité avec une couronne d’épines au-dessus de son modeste lit de camp.

Le temple de Parshwanath, situé rue Badridas Temple, est une attraction touristique majeure de Calcutta, en Inde. Construit en 1867 par un jaïn nommé Rai Badridas Bahadoor Mookim, il est dédié à Parshwanath, 23e Tirthankar jaïn, vénéré par les jaïns. C'est l'un des temples jaïns les plus importants de Calcutta. La divinité Shitalnathji siège dans le sanctuaire, et son front incrusté de diamants attire les visiteurs. À l'intérieur du sanctuaire, une lampe au ghee brûle continuellement depuis l'inauguration du temple en 1867. Cette lampe témoigne silencieusement du monde contemporain depuis des siècles et il est merveilleux de reconnaître le mysticisme qui lui est associé. Le temple présente des motifs exquis et constitue une structure impressionnante composée de piliers incrustés de miroirs et de fenêtres en vitraux. L'intérieur du temple est d'une beauté splendide, tout comme l'extérieur, entouré de nombreux jardins fleuris et de fontaines aux couleurs éclatantes. Un petit ruisseau le traverse, agrémenté d'une étonnante variété de fleurs. Les fontaines sont resplendissantes lorsque l'eau jaillit en parfaite harmonie. Un réservoir bien entretenu ajoute à la beauté environnante. Des poissons multicolores grouillent à la surface de l'eau scintillante au moindre contact avec les aliments. Le sol du temple est richement pavé de marbre, ce qui lui confère une allure solennelle et une marque de pureté. Le temple présente une extraordinaire tendance artistique, visible dans l'ensemble de la décoration intérieure et extérieure. On peut également admirer les peintures du célèbre peintre Ganesh Muskare, ornant les murs, qui captivent le visiteur. Les lustres, ou Jhar Battis, sont un autre élément qui fait scintiller l'intérieur et ajoute une touche d'éclat à la sérénité du temple. L'intérieur est somptueusement décoré de miroirs et de verres de haute qualité. Les lustres jaïns (Jhar Battis), typiques des temples jaïns, ornent les plafonds, ajoutant de la beauté à leur sommet. Le sol, finement pavé de marbre et orné de motifs floraux raffinés, confère une allure élégante à cette architecture colossale. L'entrée du temple est splendide et attire le regard.

Kumartuli est un quartier traditionnel de potiers du nord de Calcutta. La ville est réputée pour ses prouesses sculpturales, qui permettent non seulement de fabriquer des idoles en argile pour divers festivals, mais aussi de les exporter régulièrement. La plupart des artisans des quartiers du nord de Calcutta ont vu leur nombre diminuer, voire disparaître, chassés de la région à la fin du XIXe siècle par l'invasion de Burrabazar. De plus, les hommes d'affaires marwaris ont pratiquement chassé d'autres artisans de nombreuses localités du nord de Calcutta. Les potiers de Kumortuli, qui transformaient l'argile de la rivière près de chez eux en pots destinés à être vendus au bazar de Sutanuti (plus tard Burrabazar), ont réussi à survivre dans la région. Progressivement, ils se sont mis à fabriquer des images de dieux et de déesses, vénérées en grand nombre dans les demeures environnantes, puis lors de pujas communautaires en ville et au-delà.

College Street, une rue de 1,5 km de long située dans le centre de Calcutta, doit son nom à la présence de nombreux établissements scolaires et universitaires (Université de Calcutta, Université de la Présidence, Collège sanskrit, École hindoue, École Hare, pour n'en citer que quelques-uns). Elle abrite de nombreux centres d'activité intellectuelle, notamment l'Indian Coffee House, un café qui attire l'intelligentsia de la ville depuis des décennies. L'historique College Street de Calcutta est le plus grand marché aux livres d'Inde, ce qui lui vaut le surnom affectueux de Boi Para – « la ville du livre ». College Street est surtout célèbre pour ses librairies, petites et grandes, qui lui valent le surnom de Boi Para (Colonie du Livre). Des habitants de toute la ville et de différentes régions de l'État s'y rassemblent pour acheter leurs livres. La rue est également parsemée d'innombrables petits kiosques à livres qui vendent des livres neufs et anciens. Un article de la revue Smithsonian décrivait College Street comme un 800 mètres de librairies et d'étals débordant sur le trottoir, proposant des éditions originales, des brochures et des livres de poche dans toutes les langues indiennes, avec une bonne dose de livres, édités ou épuisés, provenant de France, d'Allemagne, de Russie et d'Angleterre. On peut y acheter des livres rares à des prix dérisoires et marchander intensément.

L'église Saint-Jean, à l'origine une cathédrale, fut l'un des premiers édifices publics construits par la Compagnie des Indes orientales après que Calcutta fut devenue la capitale effective de l'Inde britannique. Située à l'angle nord-ouest de Raj Bhavan, elle servit de cathédrale anglicane de Calcutta jusqu'en 1847, date à laquelle le siège épiscopal fut transféré à la cathédrale Saint-Paul. La construction de l'édifice, inspirée de celle de St Martin-in-the-Fields à Londres, débuta en 1784 et s'acheva en 1787. C'est la troisième plus ancienne église de la ville, après l'église arménienne et l'église de la Vieille Mission. Le terrain de l'église Saint-Jean fut offert par le maharaja Nabo Kishen Bahadur, fondateur de la famille Shovabazar Raj. La première pierre fut posée par Warren Hastings, gouverneur général de l'Inde, le 6 avril 1784. Deux plaques de marbre à l'entrée rappellent ces deux événements historiques. L'église est un grand édifice carré de style architectural néoclassique. Une flèche en pierre de 174 pieds de haut constitue son élément le plus distinctif.

The synagogue was built in 1884 by Elias David Ezra in memory of his father David Joseph Ezra. The synagogue is built in the Italian Renaissance style with a brick red finish. This is approached through an arched door, containing the hexagonal "Star of David" and Hebrew inscription. The two side walls contains memorial plaques dedicated to the well known Jews of Calcutta. The chequered marble floor, gleaming chandeliers, stained glass windows and ornate floral pillars shipped from Paris enhance its Continental look. The ark of the Magen David Synagogue is set into the walls of an apse. The star-studded half dome of the apse represents the heavens. The large plaque above the middle section of the ark contains the Ten Commandments. It also contains several other Hebrew inscription along with several other items of Jewish Iconography, including the seven branched lamp stand of the menorah. At the centre of the hall is the bimah, the raised platform from which the Torah was read.

Dakshineswar Kali Temple is a Hindu navaratna temple in Dakshineswar, Kolkata, West Bengal, India. Situated on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River, the presiding deity of the temple is Bhavatarini (Kali), a form of Mahadevi or Parashakti Adya Kali, otherwise known as Adishakti Kalika. The temple was built in 1855 by Rani Rashmoni, a Zamindar, philanthropist and a devotee of Kali Maa. The temple is known for its association with Ramakrishna and Ma Sarada Devi, mystics of 19th century Bengal. The temple compound, apart from the nine-spired main temple, contains a large courtyard surrounding the temple, with rooms along the boundary walls. There are twelve shrines dedicated to Shiva, Kali's consort, along the riverfront, a temple to Radha–Krishna, a bathing ghat on the river, a shrine dedicated to Rani Rashmoni. 'Nahabat', the chamber in the northwestern corner just beyond the last of the Shiva temples, is where Ramakrishna and Maa Sarada spent a considerable part of their lives.

Belur Math is the headquarters of the Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission, founded by Swami Vivekananda and located in Belur, West Bengal, India on the west bank of Hooghly River. The temple is the heart of the Ramakrishna movement. It is notable for its architecture that fuses Hindu, Islamic, Buddhist, and Christian art and motifs as a symbol of unity of all religions.

Le Mémorial Victoria est un grand bâtiment en marbre de Calcutta, construit entre 1906 et 1921. Dédié à la mémoire de la reine Victoria (1819-1901), il est aujourd'hui un musée et une destination touristique sous l'égide du ministère de la Culture. Le mémorial se trouve sur le Maidan (terrain) au bord du fleuve Hooghly. Le prince de Galles, futur roi George V, en posa la première pierre le 4 janvier 1906 et fut officiellement inauguré au public en 1921.

Fort William is a fort in Kolkata, built during the early years of the Bengal Presidency of British India. It sits on the eastern banks of the River Hooghly, the major distributary of the River Ganges. One of Kolkata's most enduring Raj-era edifices, it extends over an area of 70.9 hectares. The fort was named after King William III. In front of the Fort is the Maidan, the largest park in the city. An internal guard room became the Black Hole of Calcutta. There are two Fort Williams. The original fort was built in the year 1696 by the British East India Company under the orders of Sir John Goldsborough which took a decade to complete. The permission was granted by Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb. Sir Charles Eyre started construction near the bank of the Hooghly River with the South East Bastion and the adjacent walls. It was named after King William III in 1700. John Beard, Eyre's successor, added the North-East Bastion in 1701 and in 1702 started the construction of the Government House at the centre of the fort. Construction ended in 1706. The original building had two stories and projecting wings. In 1756, the Nawab of Bengal, Siraj Ud Daulah, attacked the Fort, temporarily conquered the city, and changed its name to Alinagar. This led the British to build a new fort in the Maidan. Robert Clive started rebuilding the fort in 1758, after the Battle of Plassey (1757); construction was completed in 1781 at a cost of approximately two million pounds. The area around the Fort was cleared, and the Maidan became "the Lungs of Kolkata". It stretches for around 3 km in the north-south direction and is around 1 km wide. The Old Fort was repaired and used as a customs house from 1766 onwards. Much of Fort William is unchanged, but St Peter's Church, which used to serve as a chaplaincy centre for the British citizens of Kolkata, is now a library for the troops of HQ Eastern Command. Today Fort William is the property of Indian Army. The headquarters of Eastern Command is based there, with provisions for accommodating 10,000 army personnel. The Army guards it heavily, and civilian entry is restricted.

Race Course in Kolkata is the largest horse race venue in India. It was built in 1820 and is maintained by the Royal Calcutta Turf Club. The races are held from the month of July to September, and again from November to March. The races are usually held on Saturdays, and also on other public holidays.

The Maidan (literally, open field) is the largest urban park in Kolkata. It is a vast stretch of field that includes numerous play grounds, including the famous cricketing venue Eden Gardens, several football stadiums, and the Kolkata Race Course. The Maidan is dotted with statues and architectural works, the most notable being the Victoria Memorial. Due to the freshness and greenery it provides to the metropolis, it has been referred to as the "lungs of Kolkata". The property of the Indian Army, the Maidan hosts the army's Eastern zone high command in Fort William. The Maidan stretches from the Raj Bhavan building on the Esplanade in the north to the National Library on Belvedere Road in Alipore in the south. The wide field stretches from the Hoogly River in the west to the Victoria Memorial in the east. It is a historical and cultural center of Kolkata as well as a center of leisure and entertainment for Calcuttans. In 1758, one year after their decisive win in Battle of Plassey, the British East India Company commenced construction of the new Fort William in the center of the village Gobindapur. The inhabitants of the village were compensated and provided with land in Taltala, Kumartuli and Shovabazar. The fort was completed in 1773. The tiger-haunted jungle which cut off the village of Chowringhee from the river was cleared, and gave way to the wide grassy stretch of the Maidan of which Calcutta is so proud. The formation of this airy expanse and the filling up of the creek which had cut off the settlement in the south, led the European inhabitants to gradually forsake the narrow limits of the old palisades. The movement towards Chowringhee had already been noticeable as early as 1746.

Eden Gardens is a cricket ground in Kolkata and was established in 1864. It is the oldest cricket stadium in India. It is the second largest cricket stadium in India after the newly built Sardar Patel Stadium and third in the world after Sardar Patel Stadium and Melbourne Cricket Ground. The stadium gets its name from the Eden Gardens, one of the oldest parks in Kolkata, adjacent to the stadium, designed in 1841 and named after the Eden sisters of Lord Auckland, the then Governor-General of India. Initially it was named 'Auckland Circus Gardens' but later changed to 'Eden Gardens' by its makers inspired by Garden of Eden in the Bible. According to popular culture, Babu Rajchandra Das, the then zamindar(landlord) of Kolkata, had gifted one of his biggest gardens besides river Hooghly, to Viceroy Lord Auckland Eden and his sister Emily Eden after they helped him by saving his 3rd daughter from a fatal disease. From then onwards the garden's name was changed from Mar Bagan to Eden Gardens. The cricket grounds were built between Babughat and Fort William.

Town Hall was built in 1813 in Roman Doric style by the architect and engineer Maj. Gen. John Garstin with a fund of Rs. 7,00,000 raised from a lottery to provide the Europeans with a place for social gatherings. During the Second World War, the government temporarily opened a Rationing Office in the Hall. At first, the hall was placed under a committee, which allowed the public to use the hall under such terms and conditions as were fixed by the Government. The public could visit the ground floor hall to see statues and large size portrait paintings but they were not allowed indiscriminate access to the upper storey. Applications for the use of the upper storey were to be made to the committee. In 1867 Town Hall came under the management of the municipal authority, the Justices of Peace for the improvement of the town of Kolkata (later on the Calcutta Corporation). In the 1870s, at the time of the Chief Justice Richard Couch, when the present building of the High Court was being built, the Town Hall was temporarily used for judicial purposes. In 1871, one of the Puisne Judges, Sir John Paxton Norman was assassinated by a fanatic Muslim of the Wahabi sect, while coming down the steps of the Town Hall. In the year of 1897 the Town Hall had been renovated at a cost of about Rs. 1.126 million. In 1914 almost all the marble statues except the statue of Ramanath Tagore have been shifted to Victoria Memorial. After the introduction of the Dyarchy in 1919, the Town Hall was used as the council chamber of the Bengal Legislative Council. The interior of the Hall was remodeled to suit the needs of the Council. The President of the Council had his chamber in the Town Hall. Subsequently, the Legislative Council moved to its new building in 1931.

The Calcutta High Court is the oldest High Court in India. It has jurisdiction over the state of West Bengal and the Union Territory of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The High Court building's design is based on the Cloth Hall, Ypres, in Belgium. It is one of the three High Courts in India established at the Presidency Towns by Letters patent granted by Queen Victoria, bearing date 26 June 1862. Despite the name of the city having officially changed from Calcutta to Kolkata in 2001, the Court, as an institution retained the old name. The bill to rename it as Kolkata High Court was approved by the Cabinet on 5 July 2016 along with the renaming of its two other counterparts in Chennai and Mumbai. However, the High Court still retains the old name.

The General Post Office is the central post office of the city of Kolkata, and the chief post office of West Bengal. The post office handles most of the city's inbound and outbound mail and parcels. Situated in the B.B.D. Bagh area, the imposing structure of the GPO is one of the landmarks in the city. The site where the GPO is located was actually the site of the first Fort William. An alley beside the post office was the site of the guardhouse that housed the infamous 1756 Black Hole of Calcutta (1756). The General Post Office was designed in 1864 by Walter B. Grenville, who acted as consulting architect to the government of India from 1863 to 1868. The staircase at the eastern side of the GPO features a brass plate, which marks the eastern end of the Old Fort William. This is probably the only remaining of the ancient fort of Calcutta. Recently a marble plaque has been installed on the Eastern walls of GPO, which highlight the Brass Plate.

Raj Bhavan is the official residence of the Governor of West Bengal, located in the capital city Kolkata. Built in 1803, it was known as Government House before the independence of India. After the transfer of power from the East India Company to the British Crown in 1858, it became the official residence of the Viceroy of India, shifting here from the Belvedere Estate. With the shifting of capital to Delhi in 1911 it became the official residence of Lieutenant Governor of Bengal. Since independence in 1947 it serves as the official residence of the Governor of West Bengal and came to be known as the Raj Bhavan, a name it shares with the official residences of other states' governors. In the early nineteenth century Kolkata was at the height of its golden age. Known as the City of Palaces or St. Petersburg of the East, Calcutta was the richest, largest and the most elegant colonial cities of India. It was during this time that one of Calcutta's finest colonial structures, Government House (later Raj Bhavan), was constructed. Before 1799, the Governor-General resided in a rented house, called Bukimham House, located in the same location. The land belonged to Mohammad Reza Khan, a Nawab of Chitpur.[3] It was in 1799 that the then Governor-General of India, The 1st Marquess Wellesley, took the initiative of building a palace, because he believed that India should be ruled from a palace and not from a country house. Lord Wellesley wanted to make a statement to the imperial authority and power and so the building was done on a grand scale. After four years' construction it was completed at a colossal cost of £63,291 (about £3.8 million in today’s estimate). Wellesley was charged for misusing of East India Company’s fund and was finally recalled back to England in 1805. Although Wellesley lost his job, he does have the credit of giving Kolkata one of its finest colonial mansions. In 1892, the Otis Elevator Company installed the first elevator in India at the Raj Bhavan.

The Writers' Building, often shortened to just Writers', is the secretariat building of the State Government of West Bengal in India. It originally served as the principal administrative office for writers (junior clerks) of the British East India Company. Designed by Thomas Lyon in 1777, the Writers' Building has gone through several extensions over the years. In 1821 a 128 ft-long verandah with Ionic columns, each 32 ft high, were added on the first and second floors. From 1889 to 1906 two new blocks were added, approached by iron staircases that are still in use. Writers' acquired its Greco-Roman look, complete with the portico in the central bay and the red surface of exposed brick. The parapet was put in place and the statues sculpted by William Fredric Woodington in 1883, that line the terrace, were installed. Since India's independence in 1947, it housed the office of the Chief Minister of West Bengal until 4 October 2013. The majority of government departments were subsequently moved out to another building named Nabanna in Howrah on a temporary basis for facilitating renovation.

St Andrew's Church is the only Scottish church in Kolkata and also known as the Kirk. The foundation stone was laid on November 30, 1815 by Marquis of Hastings and was opened to the public on March 8, 1818. The Countess of Moira and the Countess of Loudon attended the stone laying ceremony. The clock fitted to the tower in 1835. It was designed by M/s Burn, Currie & Co. It was also known as "laat sahib ka girja" (the church of the Governor). Probably the name derived from the fact that the foundation stone was laid by the wife of the Governor General, Marquis of Hastings.

The Shaheed Minar (Martyrs' Monument), formerly known as the Ochterlony Monument, is a monument in Kolkata that was erected in 1828 in memory of Major Ggeneral Sir David Ochterlony, commander of the British East India Company, to commemorate both his successful defense of Delhi against the Marathas in 1804 and the victory of the East India Company’s armed forces over the Gurkhas in the Anglo-Nepalese War. The monument was constructed in his memory. It was designed by J. P. Parker and paid for from public funds. On 9 August 1969 it was rededicated to the memory of the martyrs of the Indian freedom movement and renamed the "Shaheed Minar," which means "Martyrs' Monument" in both Bengali and Hindi, by the then United Front Government in memory of the martyrs of the Indian independence movement.