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Sunrise Sequence from Tiger Hill, Darjeeling
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West Bengal is situated in east India, with Bangladesh abutting most of its eastern border. The states of Orissa, Jharkhand, Bihar lie on its west and its northern parts touch Assam and Sikkim, as well as the international borders of Bhutan and Nepal. Till 1947 this state was part of the larger Bengal region, which was split up into west Bengal and east Pakistan (which later became Bangladesh). This partition means that a chicken's neck strip of narrow land (just 21-40km in width) in West Bengal joins the landmass of India to its northeastern states. South of the chicken's neck, West Bengal is a fertile agriculture-based plain that produces a lot of rice. The plain ends in the Ganges's delta, where the mighty river (called Hooghly in this state) flows into the Bay of

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 PARAG, Kolkata | 25th October 2009
A unique sea-side spot - Mandarmoni

Overview of the destination
Recently we visited Mandarmoni, a unique beach town. We were there for 5 nights /6days, and quality time we spent. The most uniqueness about MandarmoniFood, sight-seeing and shopping
Palki - highly recommended Other good joints are all in the resorts only.Activities & things to do
Just CHILL OUT in the beach, dont have much to do.Travel tips, How to reach, travel warnings etc.
Drive down from Kokata to Digha. Stop at Chowlkhola/14mile, turn left to Mandarmoni.
 Jamil, Kolkata | 5th April 2009
Don't confine yourself to only Darjeeling town

When next time you visit Darjeeling, you take a private car from Siliguri/NewJalpaiguri Station or
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 Priyanka, Delhi n Kolkata | 10th February 2009
The Virgin Beach

Ever since I moved to Kolkata from Delhi,I wanted to find out the best beaches
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Kolkata (160 Hotels) Darjeeling (63 Hotels) Siliguri (36 Hotels) Kalimpong (30 Hotels) Digha (17 Hotels) 
 
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West Bengal Sightseeing
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Terracotta Temples
The architect-designer couple Ravi and Supriya Jindal decided to see the unique terracotta temples of Bishnupu...
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Hill Station Experience
After reading the Booker prize winning Inheritance of Loss, Jay and Anjali Tandon decided to travel to the Wes...
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Bengali Heritage
The Subramaniam family of Trichur have close friends in Kolkata and decided to take up their invitation to spe...
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Alipore (1 Hotels)  Asansol (1 Hotels)  Bagdogra (0 Hotels)  
Bakkhali (1 Hotels)  Balurghat (1 Hotels)  Bankura (1 Hotels)  
Barasat (1 Hotels)  Bardhaman (6 Hotels)  Bindu (0 Hotels)  
Bishnupur (3 Hotels)  Burdwan (1 Hotels)  Chalsa (0 Hotels)  
Cooch-Behar (1 Hotels)  Darjeeling (63 Hotels)  Digha (17 Hotels)  
Durgapur (0 Hotels)  East-Medinipur (1 Hotels)  English-Bazar (1 Hotels)  
Gorubathan (0 Hotels)  Gorumara (0 Hotels)  Haldia (2 Hotels)  
Hooghly (1 Hotels)  Howrah (13 Hotels)  Jairambati (1 Hotels)  
Jaldapara (2 Hotels)  Jaldhaka (0 Hotels)  Jalpaiguri (9 Hotels)  
Jhallong (0 Hotels)  Kalimpong (30 Hotels)  Kamarpukur (1 Hotels)  
Kolkata (160 Hotels)  Krishnanagar (2 Hotels)  Kurseong (7 Hotels)  
Lataguri (0 Hotels)  Lava (0 Hotels)  Lolegaon (0 Hotels)  
Malda (10 Hotels)  Mandarmani (6 Hotels)  Medinipur (0 Hotels)  
Midnapore (2 Hotels)  Mirik (2 Hotels)  Monpong (0 Hotels)  
Mukutmanipur (1 Hotels)  Murshidabad (6 Hotels)  Murti (2 Hotels)  
Murti (0 Hotels)  Navadwipa/Navadvipa (1 Hotels)  New-Jalpaiuri (0 Hotels)  
North-Dinajpur (2 Hotels)  Parganas (0 Hotels)  Purulia (4 Hotels)  
Raichak (6 Hotels)  Rajabhatkawa (0 Hotels)  Rishyap (0 Hotels)  
Sagardwip (1 Hotels)  Samsing (0 Hotels)  Santiniketan (9 Hotels)  
Shankarpur (9 Hotels)  Shonkorpur (0 Hotels)  Siliguri (36 Hotels)  
Sunderbans (3 Hotels)  Suntalukhola (0 Hotels)  Suri (2 Hotels)  
Tarakeshwar (1 Hotels)  Tarapith (2 Hotels)  
 
 
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