Dharmatala
Dharmatala is a neighbourhood of Central Kolkata, in Kolkata district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Dharmatala Street has been renamed after Lenin as Lenin Sarani but the neighbourhood up to Wellington Square continues to be referred as Dharmatala.Places of Interest
Highlights include Kolkata New market and Chaplin Cinema.
Kolkata New market
Marketplace
Photo: Paul Hamilton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
New Market, formally known as Sir Stuart Hogg Market, is a market complex in Kolkata situated on Lindsay Street at Dharmatala. Although primarily "New Market" referred to the original enclosed market, but in local parlance, the entire shopping area along with the market complex is known as "New Market".
Chaplin Cinema
Theater building
Photo: Gangulybiswarup, CC BY 3.0.
Chaplin Cinema was the oldest single screen movie theatre in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. It was located in 5/1 Chowringhee Place. In 1907 Jamshedji Framji Madan opened this cinema in India.
Tipu Sultan Mosque
Mosque
Photo: DeepanjanGhosh, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Tipu Sultan Mosque, officially known as the Tipu Sultan Shahi Mosque, also known locally as the Tipu Sultan Masjid, and formerly known as the Dharmatala Mosque, is a mosque located in Kolkata, in the state of West Bengal, India.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Esplanade and Tal Tala.
Esplanade
Photo: Gangulybiswarup, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Esplanade is the modern heart of Kolkata, combining colonial-era buildings with modern developments. It serves as the city's new central business district and is preferred by major businesses, particularly along Chowringhee Road.
Tal Tala
Suburb
Taltala is a neighbourhood in Central Kolkata, in Kolkata district in the Indian state of West Bengal. One of the oldest neighbourhoods of the metropolis, it has a police station on its own name.
B. B. D. Bagh
Photo: Rangan Datta Wiki, CC BY-SA 4.0.
B. B. D. Bagh, short of Benoy-Badal-Dinesh Bagh, is the colonial-era precinct of Kolkata. Formerly known as Dalhousie Square or simply Dalhousie, the precinct takes a visitor back to the British Raj era with nostalgic overtones.
Dharmatala
- Type: Suburb
- Description: locality of Kolkata
- Categories: neighborhood and locality
- Location: Kolkata, West Bengal, Eastern India, India, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
22.56061° or 22° 33′ 38″ northLongitude
88.35317° or 88° 21′ 11″ eastOpen location code
7MJCH963+67OpenStreetMap ID
node 10172802436OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburbWikidata ID
Q5269337
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In Other Languages
From Bengali to Urdu—“Dharmatala” goes by many names.
- Bengali: “ধর্মতলা”
- Dutch: “Dharmatala”
- Hindi: “धरमतला”
- Japanese: “ダーマタラ”
- Urdu: “دھرمتلہ”
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