Noted Churches of Kolkata

Kolkata is viewed as India's scholarly and social capital. Friendlier than India's different cities, Kolkata holds a banquet of old time building design standing out starkly from urban ghettos and also houses new-town rural areas with their air conditioned shopping centers. Thus Kolkata is the perfect spot to encounter the amalgamation of the old and the new.

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Kolkata offers a variety of “Things to do” options to its visitors, starting from interesting sieghtseeing to indulging in mouthwatering foods that includes all sorts of national and international cuisines along with delicious Bengali dishes that no one can find anywhere else. 

Talking of things to see in Kolkata, there are some very beautiful and interesting churches to see in Kolkata as Kolkata is home to a diverse organizations and sub – orders of Christianity.

Here are Nine most noted Churches of Kolkata:

St. John's Church (1787); Kolkata's first Anglical Cathedral:

Fabricated with a blend of block and stone, the St. John's Church contains wonderful marble bass help work. wood bending, stain glass and works of art including Zoffani's popular Last Supper. St. John's was implicit the lines of St.Martin's in the fields, London.

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Portuguese Church (1799); Cathedral Church of the Calcutta (Kolkata):

Committed to Rosary Virgin Mary, the Portuguese Church serves as a Cathedral Church for the Catholic Christian's of Calcutta (Kolkata). Fabricated in commonplace Catholic style the Portuguese Church comes in with a wonderfully enhanced triangular pediment, flanked on either side by two domed towers and an augmented porch with angled passage way. The Church likewise contains a few lovely recolored glass portraying the life of Christ.

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St. Andrew's Church (1818); First and Only Scottish Church of Kolkata:  

Situated at the very heart of the city, the St. Andrew's Church is one of Kolkata's most noted historic point. Situated by the red hued Gothic building the white hued St. Andrew's Church makes a striking difference.

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St. Paul's Cathedral (1847); Anglican Cathedral of Kolkata:

Build in 1847, in Gothic Revival style with recolored glass windows and two frescoes in Florentine Renaissance style, the church is set inside gigantic grounds with a few old trees.The primary house of God corridor is expansive, with delightfully cut wooden seats and seats alongside the recolored glass window toward the west, the many-sided shaded craftsmanship covering the eastern dividers, the two heavenly Florentine frescoes. The congregation is 247 ft. long and 81 ft. in width and the tower is 201 ft. high.

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The Old Mission Church:  

The second most seasoned Christian church of Kolkata it was established in 1770. It was before known as Lal Girja (red church) for its block red completion, which was later put over.

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St. James' Church:  

This rich church constructed in 1868 is known as 'Jora Girja' attributable to its twin (jora in Bengali) towers. Its roof is flawlessly beautified in dark mahogany wood work.

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St. Mary's Church:  

Constructed in 1889, this congregation is famously known as the Bangla Cathedral.

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St. Stephen's Church:  

This Anglican Church was constructed in 1846. Really this congregation was a most loved of seafarers, because of its vicinity to the port and wharves on the Hooghly. This is a somewhat straightforward church of Gothic structure.

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The Bandel Church:

The Holy's Basilica Rosary regularly known as Bandel Church is one of the most seasoned Christian places of worship in West Bengal,India. Arranged in Bandel, Hooghly area of West Bengal, it remains as a remembrance to the Portuguese settlement in Bengal. Established in 1599, it is devoted to Nossa Senhora Rosário.

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