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India Trip - 2016 - Kolkata - Page 8

Main cricket grounds - Kolkata

Eden Gardens cricket ground is the home of the Bengal cricket team and the IPL's Kolkata Knight Riders, as well as being a venue for Test, ODI and T20I matches. It has a seating capacity of 66,000, it is the largest cricket stadium in India, and the second-largest cricket stadium in the world behind the Melbourne Cricket Ground. Eden Gardens has been called "cricket's answer to the Colosseum" and is widely acknowledged to be one of the most iconic cricket stadiums in the world.

Flurys is a legendary tearoom on fashionable Park Street in Kolkata, it was founded in 1927 by Mr and Mrs J Flurys. Presenting fine European traditional confections, it had soon become a popular meeting place for all ages. It introduced the city and many generations to authentic Swiss and International delicacies. We liked their hot cross buns on Easter Friday!

St. John’s Church, originally a cathedral, was among the first public buildings erected by the East India Company after Kolkata became the effective capital of British India.

St. John’s Church started in 1784

Central business area in Kolkata - White building on left is the Post Office

Kolkata is very different to other large Indian cities as it has large open green spaces.....

This giant shopping arcade was thrown open exclusively to the English populace on January 1, 1874.  Affluent colonials from all over India shopped at exclusive retailers like Ranken and Company (dressmakers), Cuthbertson and Harper (shoe-merchants) and R.W. Newman or Thacker Spink, the famous stationers and book-dealers.

Anyone can shop here now - well they let Bruce and Sue in......

Sir Stuart Hogg, then the Chairman of Calcutta Corporation, had shown tenacious support for the plans to build the market. So, 28 years later, on December 2, 1903, the market was officially named Sir Stuart Hogg Market and later shortened to Hogg Market

Hogg Market - just looking - Shop owners not so aggressive here......

And so ends our Indian adventure!