Esplanade
Esplanade or Dharmatala is the heart of Kolkata with all its colonial British buildings. The district takes a visitor back to the Raj era with nostalgic overtones.Photo: P.K.Niyogi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: Gangulybiswarup, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Notable Places in the Area
Kolkata New market
Photo: Paul Hamilton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The New Market, formerly known as Sir Stuart Hogg Market, is a market in Kolkata situated on Lindsay Street, beside Free School Street.
Tipu Sultan Mosque
Photo: DeepanjanGhosh, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Tipu Sultan Shahi Mosque is a famous mosque in Kolkata, India named after Tipu Sultan the ruler of Mysore.
Netaji Indoor Stadium
Photo: Gangulybiswarup, CC BY 3.0.
The Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Indoor Stadium is an indoor sports arena in Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
Localities in the Area
Central Kolkata
Photo: Kolkatan, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Central Kolkata consists of several neighbourhoods at the centre of the city, including Bowbazar, College Street, Chowringhee, Entally and Park Street.
Maidan
Photo: Rangan Datta Wiki, CC BY-SA 4.0.
South of the bustling city centre of Kolkata, the Maidan is a 400-hectare park that stretches from…
B. B. D. Bagh
Binoy-Badal-Dinesh Bagh, shortened as B. B. D. Bagh, formerly called Tank Square and then Dalhousie…Esplanade
- Type: Suburb
- Description: neighbourhood in Kolkata
- Categories: neighbourhood and locality
- Location: Kolkata, West Bengal, Eastern India, India, South Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
22.56329° or 22° 33' 48" northLongitude
88.35036° or 88° 21' 1" eastElevation
9 metres (30 feet)Open Location Code
7MJCH972+84OpenStreetMap ID
node 1190128356OpenStreetMap Feature
place=suburbGeoNames ID
12718910Wikidata ID
Q12057280Esplanade Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Bengali: এসপ্ল্যানেড, কলকাতা
- Bengali: এসপ্ল্যানেড
- Bengali: ধর্মতলা
- Dutch: Esplanade, Kolkata
- English: Esplanade, Kolkata
- Hindi: एस्प्लेनेड, कोलकाता
- Italian: Esplanade
- Spanish: Esplanade
Other Places Named Esplanade
Localities in the Area
- DharmatalaSuburb
- New MarketSuburb
- Chandni ChowkSuburb
- Tal TalaSuburb
- BowbazarSuburb
Popular Destinations in Kolkata
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About Mapcarta. Thanks to Mapbox for providing amazing maps. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, excluding photos, directions and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page Esplanade. Photo: Gangulybiswarup, CC BY-SA 3.0.