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West Bengal

Delta, hills and the country’s most theatrical autumn.

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West Bengal runs from Darjeeling in the Himalaya to the Sundarbans mangroves at the mouth of the Ganga. Kolkata was the capital of British India until 1911 and kept the institutions — and the printing presses, coffee houses and adda — that came with it.

Known for

  • Durga Puja
  • Sundarbans
  • Darjeeling tea and the toy train
  • Kolkata’s colonial core
Capital
Kolkata
Best season
October to March
Languages
Bengali, Hindi, Nepali, English

Districts of West Bengal

1 with listed events

  • Alipurduar
  • Bankura
  • Birbhum
  • Cooch Behar
  • Dakshin Dinajpur
  • Darjeeling
  • Hooghly
  • Howrah
  • Jalpaiguri
  • Jhargram
  • Kalimpong
  • Kolkata
  • Malda
  • Murshidabad
  • Nadia
  • North 24 Parganas
  • Paschim Bardhaman
  • Paschim Medinipur
  • Purba Bardhaman
  • Purba Medinipur
  • Purulia
  • South 24 Parganas
  • Uttar Dinajpur

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What’s on in West Bengal

  • FestivalAnnual

    Durga Puja in Kolkata

    For five days each autumn Kolkata becomes an open-air exhibition of temporary art, installed street by street.

    When
    September or October, on the Hindu lunar calendar
    Where
    Kolkata, West Bengal

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