There was once even a dense forest and an unhealthy filthy tank in the locality, where the Holy Trinity Church is now situated at 33B, Raja Rammohan Roy Sarani, opposite to the Vishudhanand Saraswati Marwari Hospital. However, in 1823, a new street was constructed in the area and was named as
Month: December 2017
CHURCHES & SYNAGOGUES OF COLONIAL – CNI Wesleyan Church
During 1862, Rev. James Broodbent, a Wesleyan Methodist missionary and the then Chaplain at Fort William, intended to construct a new Chapel in Sudder Street, for the use of the military personnel and the Christian civilians residing in Calcutta and Barrakpur. Along with Mr H.G.Highfield, he tried his best, but
CHURCHES & SYNAGOGUES OF COLONIAL CALCUTTA – St. Teresa of Avila Church
PASSIONATE PAINTINGS – Jupiter and Callisto
CHURCHES & SYNAGOGUES OF COLONIAL – St. Paul’s Cathedral
St. Paul's Cathedral, the first Episcopal Church in Asia, and the first cathedral built in the overseas territory of the British Empire, was basically built to substitute St. John’s Church, which had become too small for Calcutta's growing European community in the 1800s. The area that was allocated for the