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TRAVEL, PHOTOGRAPHY, ARCHITECTURE

Prinsep Memorial — The White Wonder

A Tale of Indian Historical Heritage

Prinsep Memorial overlooking Vidyasagar Setu or the Second Hooghly Bridge, Kolkata, India [Photo by Sanghita Pal]

On the eastern bank of River Hooghly lies a gigantic white structure standing with elan. It is Prinsep Memorial, one of the finest examples of colonial architecture in Kolkata, West Bengal, India.

I look at the river passing by and then I look at the spectacular monument all in white. The sun seems to be in its brightest best.

The Second Hooghly Bridge or Vidyasagar Setu adds to its charm all the more.

The tall columns at Prinsep Memorial, Kolkata, India [Photo by Sanghita Pal]

The historic heritage monument was established in 1843 in memory of the versatile genius — an English scholar, orientalist and antiquary, the founding editor of the Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal — James Prinsep.

Prinsep Memorial at the foreground and a slice of Vidyasagar Setu (Bridge) at the background, Kolkata, India [Photo by Sanghita Pal]

James Prinsep was an officer in the mint of the East India Company. He joined as an Assay-Master of the Calcutta Mint in 1829 and simultaneously took charge of Asiatic Society of Bengal as Secretary.

On a summer afternoon at Prinsep Memorial, Kolkata, India [Photo by Sanghita Pal]

James Prinsep is best known for

#deciphering the Kharosthi and Brahmi scripts of ancient India;

#reforming weights and measures;

#introducing uniform coinage of East India Company’s rupees; and

#constructing circular canal connecting Hooghly river with the Sunderbans delta.

Prinsep Memorial overlooking Vidyasagar Setu, Kolkata, India [Photo by Sanghita Pal]

The citizens of Kolkata (the then Calcutta) are believed to have raised fund totalling to around INR 12,000, and the monument came up in 1843 after James’ death in 1840. It was designed by W. Fitzgerald.

Rich in Greek and Gothic inlays, the white monument was built on 6 sets of Ionian columns which held a 40-feet roof.

View of Hooghly River and Vidyasagar Setu from Prinsep Ghat, Kolkata, India [Photo by Sanghita Pal]

As a part of the government’s beautification project, the monument was restored by the city’s Public Works department in 2001. Since then, the spot has been maintained.

The good building is not one that hurts the landscape, but one which makes the landscape more beautiful than it was before the building was built- Frank Lloyd Wright

Here is a bunch of amazing photo storytellers:

Where History Meets Art- Hangseswari Temple and Ananta Basudeba Temple

Famous Bengal Terracota Work

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May your capturing the moments and making memories continue!

Love and warmth

Sanghita Pal - Medium

Read writing from Sanghita Pal on Medium. Writer, learner, empath~passionate about life and nature and all in…

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