Digha-Seaside-2

Shankarpur Beach

The following nearby places of Digha are very attractive;

Shankarpur is another imminent sea beach. It is located 14 kilometers away from Digha. There is having one temple of Lord Shiva at Chandaneshwar and this temple is 6 kilometer west sides of Digha. In Bengali month Chaitra, a popular annual fair is arranged at this temple. 

Udaipur Beach

Udaipur is a spectacular beach . This beach is located much kilometer west of Digha. This beach is located in Bengal-Orissa border. Though this beach is not being traveled much , but this beach is very beautiful.
Marine aquarium and research center was established in 1989. The main purpose of this center is to show the marine biological diversity of this region and communicate its value to the local people and explore them the research activities. This research center has an inbuilt aquarium which is the largest aquarium in the country. This is also the attraction of the marine center. Every day huge visitors comes here to see this attraction. This aquarium and marine center are open for public 9.30 am to 6 pm in working days.

Junput Beach

Junput is a famous fishing spot and nice-looking sea coast. It is 40 kilometers far from Digha.Here is also a government fisheries department. The light-house and the temple of Kapalkundala is also another attraction of this place. Subarnarekha River is also located 12 kilometers away from Digha; this is the place where this river of sweet water mixed with Bay Of Bengal Sea. This is also attractive destination of tourists of Digha. Talsari is a small channel on Bay of Bengal is located 6 kilometer distances from Digha. This is peaceful places and close to spot of mixing place of sea and Subarnarekha River. Mandarmani is a small beach. This is only very short distance from Digha. This Mandarmani sea-beach is a small fishing and developed tourist spot. Recently, this is very lovely place for spending weekend with families. There are so many other sites are to visit like Science Center, Amravati Lake, Kajo dighi, etc.

From Digha, tourists can visit all the above places and enjoy their holidays. This total trip can be taken for one-week.
There are many beautiful hotels in Digha which are affordable and within budget, like,

 Amantran Hotel, Hotel Sea Hawk, Hotel Aditya International, Hotel Bhalobasha,Hotel Orbit Residency,Hotel Dolphin, Hotel Greenland Inn, hotel Rajeet, Hotel Rohini International, Hotel Sea Coast, Hotel Seagull.

Visible Places of Kolkata-Part-III

View of Maidan

In my last three blogs , I am writing in brief about the visible places of Kolkata . Actually , there are so many place to visit in Kolkata .

Maidan: Maidan is actually the property of the Indian Army as well as of the Fort William . Nearly , 5 square kilometers of land was developed by the earlier British ruler . It was mainly developed for parade of their soldiers . Thus it is also known as Brigade Parade Ground . At the centre of this ground have a monument . This monument was founded in 1828 . It was dedicated to the name Sir David Ochterlony , the Major-general of British East India Company on his success against Marathas fight of Delhi and conquest over Gurkhas and Anglo- Nepalese's wars . This monument was designed by J P Parker and the cost of the construction paid from public funds . After independence , in 1969 , August , this monument renamed as Sahid Minar as dedicated in the name of those persons who were sacrificed their life towards the Indian freedom movement . The view of entire Kolkata from the top of this monument is very magnificent .

Eden Gardens Stadium: Eden Gardens is the famous cricket stadium in the world . It is the dream of every cricketer of the world to get chance to play cricket throughout his entire cricket life . Cricket playing was started in the year 1864 . Nearly 85 to 90 thousand spectators can sit here at a time . The glorious history of this cricket stadium is very attractive . Most of the famous cricketers of every national team of the world have played here . Beside of this stadium , the biggest Netaji indoor stadium is also situated . The siting capacity of this stadium is also huge . Both the stadiums are situated near Maidan . Opposite to the cricket stadium are having various tents of different football clubs . Near this cricket stadium are also having national radio station called Akash Bani . It was also founded at the time of British period . Opposite to radio stations are having Governor House , called Rajvavan .

Alipore Zoo , Alipore Zoo was opened for public in the year 1876 . This is oldest zoo of India . It was the creation of Sir Richard Camac Temple that was the Governor of Bengal during the time 1874 to 1877 of the British Period . There are rare collections of different animals in Alipore zoo . In front of the zoo are also having one aquarium which contains sea-fishes with exclusive verities .

Kolkata is situated on the bank of the river Ganges . So that , Ganges beauty is also the attraction of the tourists . Here is Millennium Park , from where the beauty of the Ganges is magnificent . Boats , Steamers are coming and going , crossing the Ganges , dropping passengers . There is circular Railway service near the bank of the Ganges of Kolkata side . This service is available between Majherhat to various places through Seladaha station .

The second Hooghly Bridge called Vidyasagar Setu is new addition which connects quickly Kolkata- Howrah and surroundings . It was constructed with latest technology , cable attachment which holds both sides of the bridge . Before this  bridged , there were two options to connect with Kolkata- Howrah , one Steamer- service and second one is Howrah Bridge which was constructed at the time of British period . Then to reach  longed distance between the Howrah and adjacent areas was very time taking matter . This new bridge has solved  the problem , now to reach various districts and adjacent provinces are possible within very short time due to this new bridge .

View of Monument