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This is a view of vidyasagar setu from Princep Ghat. Thanks to Subhrajit Basu (here bodobose) and Sabyasachi Talukdar for inpiring me to take the shot from Priencep Ghat (http://www.trekearth.com/gallery/Asia/India/photo547309.htm).
This a must visit if you come to Kolkata.


About:
The Princep Ghat was built in the everlasting memory of James Princep who was an extraordinarily brilliant research and at one point of time served as the honorable Secretary of the hallowed Asiatic Society. This gifted person is especially remembered for his role in deciphering emperor Akbar's Brahminical script. James Princep for all his enthusiasm in research and analysis, died a premature death at the young age of forty one.
Kolkata being an intellectual city and the fact that James Princep had conducted most of his research based out of Kolkata, the people of Kolkata as befitting tribute to the departed scholar built the Princep Ghat and aptly dedicated the Ghat in the everlasting memory of this great man. The Ghat was opened to public in the year 1843. In its initial years, all the royal British entourages used the Princep Ghat jetty for embarkation/disembarkation.
When Kolkata was under British rule, this capital city of the East underwent a massive beautification drive. Along with regal buildings and well laid out roads, the erstwhile British administration found the idea of beautifying the Kolkata riverside to be an enchanting concept. Accordingly, they identified certain strategic localities by the riverside, which afforded panoramic vistas and built embankments with a flight of steps that led to the river. Apart from bathing and conducting ceremonies, the Princep Ghat has a charm of its own and deities and idols of Hindu gods and goddesses are also immersed at Princep Ghat.
By far, Princep Ghat is one of Kolkata's oldest recreation spot even though it has lost much of its charm. Yet, it is still a marvelous place where tourists can spend hours together sitting on the benches and watching the uncluttered Kolkata life pass by gently. On the distant horizon, the magnificent Howrah Bridge and the the awesome Vidyasagar Setu makes for a kaleidoscopic vignette.

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