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Kolkata (Calcutta) Sights

Babu Ghat

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    • Maidan Area Hooghly Riverbank

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Lonely Planet review for Babu Ghat

The Hooghly might look unappealingly murky, but it's holy to Hindu Kolkatans whose main festivals often involve plunging divine puja images into its waters. The riverside ghats are interesting any morning or evening when die-hard devotees bathe and make offerings.

A photogenic if distinctly seedy vantage point is Babu Ghat, hidden behind a grubby, pseudo-Greek gateway near Eden Gardens. Here the votive floating candles simply add to the spectacle of colourful sunsets viewed through the impressively elegant Vidyasagar Setu suspension bridge.

 

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