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Kolkata - A Complete Travel Guide

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Kolkata, located in the eastern part of India, is the capital city of West Bengal state.  Kolkata, which was called Calcutta till a few years ago, is truly a city with strong religious, cultural and literary flavor. Here, you can find BMWs as well as the human powered rickshaws. It is  full of narrow congested lanes as well as well planned townships such as Salt Lake City. Only in this city can you still find trams in India while side by side you also have India's first underground railway. You can meditate peacefully in places like Belur Math while losing it all in the places like the Kali temple. The choice is yours. The city, which was once the capital of India, is full of diversity. Let me explore some of the important tourist sites of this ancient yet ever-growing mammoth. Maidan: Maidan (meaning "open ground") is one of the important tourist sites of Kolkata city. It is located at the heart of the city, flanked by many important tourist sites as well as Go