On the bus to start our tour. Bathing on the river bank. Remains of Kali effigies pulled from the river.

First stop one of the market areas.

Town Hall (white) and High Court buildings. Kolkata was the capital until 1911, this High Court is the oldest in the country.

St. John’s Church, built in 1756 by Lt. Colonel James Agg. It houses India’s oldest functioning pipe organ. On the church grounds are memorials and several tombs of British Generals who lost their lives during the Siege of Kolkata in 1756 by Nawab Shriaj Ud Daula.

Marriage carriages – grooms ride to ceremony in one of these.

Queen Victoria Memorial Museum

Ride back to boat, which moved up river, for lunch.

Bandel, a port founded by Portuguese settlers in the 1800s. Our visit includes a tour of the Hooghly Imambara (completed in 1861), an important Shia
pilgrimage center with a clock- tower lookout that boasts views of the Ganges. The structure contains a working clock with a winding key weighing approximately 20 kilograms (44 pounds).