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Prinsep Ghat

A white colonial memorial on the Hooghly, under the cables of Vidyasagar Setu.

Photo: Moinak · CC BY-SA 4.0
Price
Free
Time Needed
45 minutes
Best Time
Sunset
Address
Prinsep Ghat, Strand Road, Kolkata, West Bengal 700021Directions
Getting There
By cab along Strand Road.

Why Go

Built in 1843 in memory of the scholar James Prinsep, who deciphered Ashoka's script. Evening strollers and boats gather here.

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