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Tourist attractions in West Bengal refers to the tourist attractions in the Indian state of West Bengal. West Bengal is a state in the eastern region of India and is the nation's fourth-most populous.〔 It is also the seventh-most populous sub-national entity in the world, with over 91 million inhabitants. It is bordered by the countries of Nepal, Bhutan, and Bangladesh, and the Indian states of Orissa, Jharkhand, Bihar, Sikkim, and Assam. The state capital is Kolkata (formerly ''Calcutta''). West Bengal encompasses two broad natural regions: the Gangetic Plain in the south and the sub-Himalayan and Himalayan area in the north. During the British colonial era from 1700–1912, Kolkata (then known as ''Calcutta'') enjoyed the privilege of being the capital of British India and witnessed a spate of frenzied construction of buildings,〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.calcuttaweb.com/history.shtml )〕 largely influenced by the conscious intermingling of Neo-Gothic, Baroque, Neo-Classical, Oriental and Islamic schools of design. Unlike many north Indian cities, whose construction stresses minimalism, the layout of much of the architectural variety in Kolkata owes its origins to European styles and tastes imported by the British and, to a much lesser extent, by the Portuguese and French. Kolkata - now the state capital, is considered to be an ideal hub to cover all the destinations in West Bengal.〔(【引用サイトリンク】Britannica">title=Kolkata is the capital of West Bengal )〕 The following is a list of some of the attractions of West Bengal: West Bengal stretches to the Bay of Bengal in the south.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.westbengalonline.in/about/Profile/Geography/index.html )〕 The coastal strip of West Bengal, extending from the Gangetic Delta to the border of Orissa has some beautiful coastal settlements namely Digha, Shankarpur, Mandarmani, Bakkhali, Gangasagara, Tajpur and more others.〔(【引用サイトリンク】author=Government of West Bengal )〕 Tourist attractions also include some more geographical indications like Nakshi Kantha(Handicraft), Darjeeling tea (Agricultural), ''Santipore'' Saree (Handicraft), Shantiniketan Leather Goods (Handicraft), Fazli Mango (Agricultural), Khirsapati or ''Himsagar'' Mango (Agricultural), ''Laxman Bhog Mango'' (Agricultural), ''Baluchari'' Saree (Handicraft), and ''Dhaniakhali'' Saree (Handicraft). Other attractions include the culture of West Bengal. It attracts tourist for pilgrimages to the holy places of different religions. People from different sections of the world come to West Bengal for holy pilgrimages as Kolkata is one of the four ''adi'' ''Shaktipeethas''. Among the other 52 ''shaktipeethas'' some are located in West Bengal. The notable Hindu temples include Kalighat Kali Temple, Tarapith, Belur Math, Mayapur ISKCON Temple, Hangseshwari Temple, Tarakeshwar Temple and Dakshineswar Kali Temple. West Bengal also has countless mosques like the ''Nizamat Imambara'' and Katra Mosque in Murshidabad, Furfura Sharif and Tipu Sultan Shahi Mosque in Kolkata. Other pilgrim destinations include ''Gurdwaras'' for Sikhs and churches like the The Basilica of the Holy Rosary in Bandel, St. John's Church, St. Jame's Church (''Jora Girja''), St. Paul's Cathedral and Church of the Lord Jesus. Buddhist Monasteries in West Bengal are especially located in the hilly regions like the Ghoom Monastery, Bhutia Busty Monastery, Mag-Dhog Yolmowa Monastery, Tharpa Choling Monastery, Zang Dhok Palri Phodang and more others. Notable festivals include Durga Puja in October is the most popular festival in the West Bengal. Poila Baishakh (the Bengali New Year), Rathayatra, Dolyatra or Basanta-Utsab, Nobanno, ''Poush Parbon'' (festival of Poush), Kali Puja, SaraswatiPuja, LaxmiPuja, Christmas, Eid ul-Fitr, Eid ul-Adha and Muharram are other major festivals. Buddha Purnima, which marks the birth of Gautama Buddha, is one of the most important Hindu/Buddhist festivals while Christmas, called ''Bôŗodin'' (Great day) in Bengali is celebrated by the minority Christian population. Poush Mela is a popular festival of Shantiniketan, taking place in winter. Being home to notable people like Rabindranath Tagore, Asia's first Nobel laureate and composer of India's national anthem and Swami Vivekananda, a key figure in introducing Vedanta and Yoga in Europe and USA〔 〕 there houses and residencies like Shantiniketan and Jorasanko Thakur Bari are world famous and attract many tourists. West Bengal also has a long tradition of popular literature, music and drama largely based on Bengali folklore and Hindu epics and Puranas. Kolkata, the state capital city, was also the workplace of several social reformers, like Raja Ram Mohan Ray, Iswar Chandra Vidyasagar, and Swami Vivekananda. These social reforms have eventually led to a cultural atmosphere where practices like sati, dowry, and caste-based discrimination or untouchability, the evils that crept into the Hindu society, were abolished. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tourist attractions in West Bengal」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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