West
Bengal
covers the bottleneck of India in the east
, stretching from
Himalayas in the north to the Bay of
Bengal in
the
south, hence having three international
frontiers -
to the north, east and west. Experience an Indian state that
has
witnessed three centuries of
cultural mingling , where the past
stands hand-in-hand with the present.
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Climate
The weather in West Bengal is
humid and hot in
summers and pleasantly cold
in winters.
Language
The official language of
the state is Bengali, which is spoken in most
places, while Hindi and
English are spoken in tourist
spots.
Connectivity
West Bengal is well
connected with the world and rest of India by air,
rail and road.
Poets, thinkers and film
directors of international renown hail from this
state. Some of the best known monuments of the
British Raj
were built here.
Shantiniketan,
where the cultures of the East &
the West meet and mingle, is an International
University in West
Bengal, founded by Nobel Laureate Rabindranath
Tagore. One can visit several Buddhist
monasteries, chiefly of the Yellow Hat sect,
at Darjeeling and Kalimpong.
West Bengal has a diverse
ecosystem because of its varying
terrain from
the
high altitudes to the sea level plains. There are 15
Wildlife sanctuaries, 5 National Parks and 2
Tiger Reserves. The Sunderbans, in South
Bengal, a UNESCO World Heritage site, is home
to the famous Tiger Project - a conservatory
effort to save the
Bengal tigers from extinction. These
evergreen mangrove forests pulsate with
myriad forms of life, including the famous Indian one horned
rhinoceros.
Other places worth visiting are Digha, The Dooars
, Jaldapara, Kolkata (the state
capital),
Kurseong, Mirik, Siliguri, Murshidabad, Bankura, Hooghly,
Malda, Vishnupur, Bardhaman and
Nadia.
Bengali cuisine is known for its fish
preparations (which is the staple
diet of the region) in a variety of dishes and of
course the sweets ('mithais')
which include the famous 'rosagolla,
sondesh and mishti
dohi'.
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