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Kolkata celebrates Christmas as revellers throng dazzling Park Street

Kolkata celebrates Christmas as revellers throng dazzling Park Street

Dec 26, 2023, at 03:17 am

Kolkata, known for its passionate Christmas celebrations, came alive on Monday as enthusiastic crowds poured into the city's decked up sunset boulevard Park Street to soak in the spirit of Yuletide. Youngsters strummed guitars and jammed with each other as the daylong  revelry extended from the city's green urban park Maidan to the happening Park Street and beyond, to the iconic Anglo-Indian neighbourhood Bow Barracks, which is a cluster of red houses in central Kolkata originally built as a garrison mess for the American soldiers during the World War I.(Images by Avishek Mitra/IBNS)

In Images: Kolkata soaks in Christmas spirit

In Images: Kolkata soaks in Christmas spirit

Dec 25, 2022, at 03:57 pm

Kolkata is on a high as Christmas spirit sweeps the city. While churches hold midnight mass, the brightly illuminated Park Street is the centre of attraction for the young. The city’s Anglo-Indian hub Bow Barracks in central part is also celebrating Christmas like every year. IBNS lensman Avishek Mitra captures the moods.

Mamata Banerjee inaugurates Christmas fair in Kolkata

Mamata Banerjee inaugurates Christmas fair in Kolkata

Dec 22, 2020, at 06:42 pm

KOLKATA, DEC 21 (UNI) Wst Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee inaugurating St Xaviers fair in Park Street ahead of Merry Christmas in Kolkata on Monday.