A butterfly town

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Ghatal is the small but a happy town of West Bengal,India.

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Ghatal Collage More

It’s alos have lots of historical value.Ghatal was well-known in trade and commerce,In the time of Yolandutch roles Ghatal was famous at looms and wool business. the time of British India it had grown with indigo Business.

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A minar that was built on British rule.

A River Silabati flow into the town,

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Silabati River

that used for water transporting of indigo and that is why many ghats were built here,

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Hopefully Ghatal get it’s name from there.A floating bridge on the Silabati River is the main attraction of the Ghatal.

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Floating Bridge

It was built during the British rule

and the main fact is this time the bridge had only allowed for East India Company.Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar who have lot of roles on Bengaly language,Bron in Ghatal.

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Birth Please of Vidyasagar

Ghatal is the loveliest place of the world for who born and brought up in Ghatal.

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Anukul Asmara

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  • A video of Ghatal:

A Video about Ghatal in Bengaly language .

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Hello** @ANIRUDDHA1 **

Thanks for sharing the beautiful post about Ghatal, it seem a fabulous place in West Bengal.

Do you live near this place or just go there for traveling?

Tagging here my fellow local guide** @ReshamDas **

Have you visited there ? :slightly_smiling_face:

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I am from Ghatal, i mean I live in Ghatal @ReshamDas

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You have arranged your story with a awesome pictures. @ANIRUDDHA1 Thank you so much for sharing nice post with us.

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Best Regards.

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No, I have never been to Ghatal but it not that far from Kolkata, I guess within 100 kilometers, ain’t it @ANIRUDDHA1 ?

Ghatal is a popular town in the media especially due to political news and one of the top superstars from the Bengali film industry is currently the MP from Ghatal.

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Hi @ANIRUDDHA1

Thank you for sharing. Just to let you know, I’ve resized your photos to make them appear better. The city looks lovely. Do you live there? How to reach this city? When is a good time to visit?

You can also add Google Maps locations to all the places you mention. This way it’s easier for other Local Guides to search and discover new places.

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Yes,it is around 100 km from Kolkata,Capital of West Bengal. @ReshamDas

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Thankyou so much for your valuable feedback.I will add link in every places those i mention as soon as possible. @DanniS

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