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Chowringhee Mansions - Calcutta - 1907
Chowringhee Rd, Calcutta.
Facing the Maidan and located at the busy intersection where fashionable Park St meets busy Chowringhee Rd, Outram Rd and Mayo Rd, this grand and somewhat chaotic Edwardian pile contained modern residential apartments. Financed by David Joseph Ezra, from one of the most prominent Calcutta Jewish families at the time, the building was erected by builders, Mackintosh Burn & Co.
David Ezra was also the driving force behind the construction of other residential buildings in Calcutta such as Ezra Mansions and Esplanande Mansions (see my photo at www.flickr.com/photos/23268776@N03/3030469089/ ), as well as the Neveh Shalom synagogue. The photo (taken in 2004) is an example of how modern billboards and advertising have been allowed to obscure and deface much of Calcutta's architectural heritage. Moreover, since 2004 the view of the Mansions' facade is now further obscured by the Park St flyover which passes right in front of its nose.
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Kanak Building, Maidan
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Hogg Market - Calcutta - 1873
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Hogg Market - Calcutta - 1873
Lindsay St, Calcutta.
Municipal markets were constructed by the authorities in an attempt to impove the often appalling sanitation to be found in local markets. Commissioned by the Calcutta Municipal Corporation and designed by R Bayney, an architect of the East India Railway Co - which may explain its similarity to railway stations of the day - this Gothic brick affair was named after Sir Stuart Hogg, the former Chairman of the Corporation. It is more commonly referred to a New Market and it remains a place to pick up a bargain - if you can tolerate all the shoving and the touts!
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in Calcutta / Kolkata
Year and month are uncertain (1985 or earlier) - scan of an old print from a slide I was once or twice in that great city during the hot season and I guess this was not taken during the winter. Since my first visit there end of the 70s, Calcutta (now, Kolkata) lies in my heart, it touched me deeply when I lost myself on purpose in the small and crowded alleys between the Esplanade and Howrah Bridge. Incredible confusion in the traffic, incredible masses of people, incredible grand architecture ; contrarily to many other places in India, I was never "Eve teased" there, although I was so often alone in the crowd at night, for festivals like the Durga puja ; felt safe, walking early morning after all-night concerts before the first tram, felt the vibrations in concert halls and had a sort of revelation hearing the great Pt. Nikhil Banerjee not long before he passed away, even a long moment pure musical extasy that I'll never forget (thought I would die !) with the late Ustad Zia Mohiuddin Dagar and his rudra veena... Enough of that for the moment !
*************** About the photo : this is only one of the great « Belle Epoque » buildings along the magnificent Esplanade (Maydan) in Kolkata – I guess it has changed of aspect nowadays, but actually I liked those daring colours, which are also the colours of the ubiquitous taxis. And the not-so-well maintained aspect of some of those buildings had also its charm, IMO (*)… Calcutta had been the capital of India under British rule till 1911 and the megalopolis has many such old and grand, monumental buildings, sometimes ornated with allegoric figures like the ones around the square « BBD Bagh », where many government buildings are situated (plus the GPO and the siege of many banks among others). Those allegoric statues, some of them representing young, naked ladies, look a bit surprising and incongruous in India and the ensemble dwarfs the passers by, small silhouettes briskly heading towards their businesses and rarely raising their heads to look at those huge constructions dating from a long gone era.
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M.P.Birla Planetarium
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M.P.Birla Planetarium, Jawahar Lal Nehru Road, Kolkata, West Bengal - India
M.P.Birla Planetarium stands at the junction of Chowringhee and Theatre Road (the present Shakespeare Sarani). This is a spectacular asset of modern Calcutta. This is the 2nd largest planetarium in the world. It was constructed at a cost of a whopping two million rupees. This Planetarium was opened for the spectators on 29th September 1962. This is an architectural marvel. The spherical one-storeyed Planetarium was tremendously influenced by the Buddhist architectural remnants at Sanchi. Its circumference is 82 ft. This wonderful house exhibits the universe and the solar system with all their enigmas. The instrument for projection was brought from East Germany. The planetarium has a capacity of 500 spectators. The shows are held regularly. The solar system is introduced to the spectators in English, Bengali and Hindi. Extra shows are arranged on holidays.
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Reflection & Victoria Memorial
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War Of The Gods - The Beginning Of The End
Made It To Explore This Picture consists of the three pictures taken in natural light merged together...
This is the Begining Of My Durga Puja Festival Series which will End with Kali Puja Festival Series In November...
I will be posting my usual pics also along with the series... Durga rides on the Lion which is shown on the left side of the picture... And The Two Idols on the right side of the picture is of Mahishasur (The Demon)...
Mahishasur's father Rambha, was king of the asura, and he once fell in love with a water buffalo, and mahishasur was born out of this union. He is therefore able to change between human and buffalo form at will ("mahisha" means buffalo). Despite being a demon (the word asura used to mean "not-god" and does not have as strong a negative connotation as "demon"), Mahishasura was also pious in his meditation to Brahma, who granted him a boon that no man or god would be able to conquer him. After this he started terrorising Swarga Loka (Heaven) and Prithvi Loka (Earth). He invaded Swarga Loka and defeated the king of gods Indra and took control of Swarga Loka. He drove all the devas (gods) out of heaven. Eventually, they created his nemesis in the form of a young woman, Durga, also known as Shakti or Parvati. She combined the powers of all the devas to fight Mahishasura. The goddess then attacked Mahishasura's empire and after nine days of fighting, during which much of Mahishasura's army was decimated, he was finally killed on the tenth day of the waxing moon, by her incarnation, Kali (which appeared from her forehead). The festival of Durga Puja is celebrated on this tenth day, especially in Bengal, to celebrate this victory of good over evil.
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