Kolkata (Calcutta) Sights

Botanical Gardens

#26 of 205 things to do in Kolkata (Calcutta)

#26 of 205 things to do in Kolkata (Calcutta)

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  • Address
    • Botanical Garden Rd West Bank
  • Phone
    • 033 26685357
  • Price
    • Indian/foreigner Rs5/50
  • Hours
    • 5.30am-5pm Oct-Feb, 5am-5.30pm Mar-Sep

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Lonely Planet review for Botanical Gardens

Founded in 1786, the 109-hectare Botanical Gardens played an important role in cultivating tea long before it became a household commodity. Today there’s a cactus house, palm collection, river-overlook and a boating-lake with splendid Giant Amazon Lily pads but the biggest draw is a 250-year-old banyan tree, 140m across. It’s reputedly the world’s largest but the central trunk rotted away in the 1920s leaving a curious ‘forest’ of cross-branches and linked aerial roots that have become virtual trees of their own.

 

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