We all heard and read of the majestic Victoria memorial. Which is located in Kolkata at maidan. It has a pretty well maintained garden and lake. If people want to saw the prettiness offcource need to buy tickets for the entrance. Many foreigners come here and tickets are not same for Indian and foreigner.
Architect sir William Emerson laid down the actual plan of the memorial. The design of the structure represents the fusion of British and Mughal architecture. White macrana marvels use in the construction of Victoria Memorial Hall and the building was inaugurated in the year 1921.The massive hall is 338 feet and rises to height of 184 feet. After India gained independence in the year 1947, certain additions were made to the Victoria Memorial. These additions formed National Leader’s Gallary, containing the portraits and relics relating to the Indian independence.
In the Royal Gallery there are oil paintings depicting scenes of Queen Victoria receiving the sacrament at her coronation on the day of her marrige.Becide the paintings showing the entry of prince walls into joyful is display here.
The Calcutta Gallery, India’s first city gallery was visualised by Lord Curzon, at the turn of 20th century. The Calcutta Gallery displayed the history and development of Calcutta from Job Charnoc and of the British rule up to 1911, when the capital was sifted to Delhi. The gallery has also a life size diorama of the view of the Chitpur road in the late 19th century.
There are some rare books in the library with date back to the 1870s.Some of the books worth maintaining are the collection of plays by William Shakespeare. The Arabian Nights, Omar Khayyam’s Rubaiyat. It has a good collection of books on kathak and thumri written by Nawab Wazid Ali Saha.
The garden of the memorial was designed on a total area of 64 acres with the building covering the area .On way to the north gate is a bronze statue of Queen Victoria. The Queen is seated on her throne, wearing the robes of the star of India. There are twenty one gardeners to maintain the garden and the morning walkers have four associations.
Victoria memorial looked very nice at the night when it was light up majestically taken in the sights.
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