Places to see in ( Romsey - UK )
Places to see in ( Romsey - UK )
Romsey is a small market town in the county of Hampshire, England. Romsey is 7 miles northwest of Southampton, 11 miles southwest of Winchester and 17 miles southeast of Salisbury. Romsey is one of the principal towns in the Test Valley Borough and lies on the River Test, which is known for fly fishing, predominantly trout. Romsey Abbey, the largest parish church in Hampshire, dominates the centre of the town.
Romsey was home of the 20th-century soldier and statesman Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, the 19th-century British prime minister Lord Palmerston, and the 17th-century philosopher and economist William Petty. Romsey is twinned with Paimpol in Brittany, France, and Battenberg, Germany.
Broadlands later became the home of Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, known locally as Lord Louis. In 1947, Mountbatten was given his earldom and the lesser title Baron Romsey, of Romsey in the County of Southampton. Queen Elizabeth II's husband, Prince Philip, was his nephew and upon Philip's marriage to Elizabeth in 1947 they departed London for their honeymoon at Broadlands.
Mountbatten was buried in Romsey Abbey after being killed in an IRA bomb explosion in Ireland on 27 August 1979. After his death his titles passed to his elder daughter, Lady Brabourne, who thus became Countess Mountbatten of Burma. Her eldest son was styled by the courtesy title Lord Romsey until he inherited the title of Lord Brabourne in 2005, and then the earldom in 2017.
Embley Park, a country estate located on the outskirts of Romsey was the home of Florence Nightingale, known for her pioneering work as a nurse and sanitary reform during the Crimean war and for laying the foundation of modern nursing. Nightingale is said to have had her calling from God whilst sitting under a giant cedar tree in the grounds of Embley Park on 7 February 1837.
Romsey Abbey is a Norman abbey, originally built during the 10th century, as part of a Benedictine foundation, housing a community of Benedictine nuns. The surviving Anglican Parish church of Romsey, now the largest parish church in the county, is the town's most outstanding feature and is open daily to visitors. King John's House & Tudor Cottage was allegedly a hunting lodge used by King John of England whilst hunting in the New Forest.
The existence of Sadler's Mill, the only mill to be developed on the main course of the River Test, is first recorded in the 16th century. The White Horse Hotel is a Grade II* listed 18th century coaching inn which now houses a 4-star hotel and brasserie owned and operated by Silks Hotels.
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Best 10 Religious Places in Kolkata
Kalighat :
Kalighat Kali Temple in Kolkatta is regarded as the holiest peeth or pith of the 52 Shakti Peethams of India, where the various parts of Sati's body are said to have fallen. The original temple was built by Raja Basanta Roy, who was the uncle of Pratapaditya and the King of Jessore (Bangladesh).
St Paul's Cathedral :
St. Paul's Cathedral is the first Episcopal Church, The work of establishing this church got completed in 1847. It is situated at the southern end of the Maidan. It is 247 ft. in length and 81 ft. in width.
Birla Mandir :
Birla Mandir of Kolkata was built by the renowned Birla family of India. This temple has been constructed from sandstone and white marble and is dedicated to Lord Krishna and his consort Radha.
Belur Math :
Belur Math of Kolkata was founded in 1938 by Swami Vivekananda, the disciple of Shri Ramakrishna Paramahansa, paying homage to His Guru. Belur Math of Kolkata, India is a very important pilgrimage place.
Nakhoba Masjid :
Nakhoda mosque is the principal and one of the busiest Mosques of Kolkata, located in the Chitpur area of the Burrabazar and dates back almost a century. The prayer hall has a seating capacity of 10000, and the domes and minarets have been constructed in keeping with the Fatehpur Sikri style of architecture.
Magen David Synagogue :
Magen David, or the Shield of David, Synagogue was built in 1884 by Elias David Ezra in memory of his father David Joseph Ezra, located at the junction of Brabourne Road and Canning Street in Kolkata. The synagogue is built in the Italian Renaissance style with a brick red finish.
Dakshineshwar Temple :
The famous Dakshineswar temple was built in 1855 which houses the Goddess Kali was founded by Rani Rashmoni, a philanthropist and a devotee of Kali, following a dream she saw when she was about to start on her pilgrimage to Benaras. The temple is famous for its association with Shri Ramakrishna Paramahansa.
Isckon Temple :
ISKCON Kolkata is the first ISKCON Temple established by Srila Prabhupada in India. Moreover, ISKCON’S first Ratha Yatra in India took place in Kolkata on 12 July 1972. Mayapur in Bengal is soon to be the proud owner of what will possibly be the world’s largest temple, commissioned by the International Society of Krishna Consciousness.
Pareshnath Jain Temple :
The Pareshnath Jain temple of Kolkata is one of the most revered and holy shrines of the Jains in Kolkata. The temple is devoted to Pareshnath, who was the 23rd Jain Tirthankar. Besides the Pareshnath Temple, the temple complex also houses four other temples, devoted to four different holy preachers, who are regarded as Avatars by the Jains
St John's Church
St. John's Church, originally a cathedral, was among the first public buildings erected by the East India Company after Kolkata became the effective capital of British India. Construction of the Church started in 1784, and was completed in 1787. St. John's Church is the third oldest church in Calcutta (Kolkata).
Millennium Park, Kolkata, India
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Park Circus – A Vibrant Kolkata Locality
Park Circus is a busy and active locality of the Kolkata City. In other words, you may say it’s one of the vibrant localities of the metropolis. One of the reasons behind this is that it has all the colorful components present that earn it the tag of being the livewire of the city.
If ever you come to this section of the city, you will notice that a countless number of people or vehicles access the region every day. Well, there is a valid reason for this as well! The locality is marked by the presence of some of the top schools, colleges, offices, and banks. Besides, it shelters some of the best shopping malls, restaurants, and playgrounds. Moreover, some of the popular nursing homes and hospitals have been serving the likes of the people for a long time. Plus, the religious structures including the temples, mosques, and churches keep this place close to everyone’s heart.
As a matter of fact, the more we try to write about the locality the lesser it turns to be to reflecting or mirroring the region before you. Now, we are trying to present the region before you from another considered or angle. The Park Circus 7 Point Crossing connects seamlessly to some of the other important roads or sections of the city like the Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Road (also called A. J. C. Bose Road), CIT Road, E. M. Bypass, Sir Syed Amir Ali Avenue, Theatre Road, etc. So, now it’s not hard to guess as to why we have termed the region as one of the vibrant localities of the Kolkata metropolis.
Further, the Park Circus Ground is one of the popular grounds of the city. Here, people of all the age groups spend some quality time at any time of the day. Besides, the ground is also the hub for various types of coaching clubs. Significantly, the ground often grabs the newspaper headlines several times in a year for hosting various types of fairs and exhibitions. However, it is during the auspicious Durga Puja event every year, thousands of people gather here from all the directions of the city and even from the suburbs for pandal hopping.
Actually, the video is an effort from our side to exhibit the region before you as it is. It highlights the Park Circus 7 Point Crossing, the E. M. Bypass Connector, the Islamia Medical Institute, the Lady Brabourne College, the Don Bosco Circle, the Don Bosco School and the Calcutta National Medical College and Hospital (also popular as the Chittaranjan Hospital).
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Marc's Culinary Compass 9 - Rock 'n Sole Plaice (Part 4) The Last Supper
Ahmet cooked this piece of plaice for me as you may have seen in part 3.
Kolkata Heritage 2019 I Portuguese Church Kolkata INeveh Shalom Synagogue I Kolkata Heritage 2019
Portuguese and Armenian Churches in Kolkata and Two Old Synagogues in Kolkata. Organised by Purono Kolkatar Golpo.
Music : Music: Für Elise - Beethoven
Piano Sonata No. 14
Title: Egmont Overture Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
Even though the British claimed to have built the centre - but several years before the key traders were the Portuguese and Armenian community.
The Portuguese have been here since the 16th century, gathered at this place from surrounding areas like Chattagong, Satgaon and eventually they settled here beside the Hooghly river around this very location.
Some of the Portuguese settlers intermingled with the native Bengalis here creating a new group of mixed denizens called ‘Kintals’. In addition the Kintals were mixtures of African and even Abyssinian races who mostly carried out menial work in the society, a mostly marginalized minority Diaspora.
When Job Charnock arrived to Bengal he allotted 100 bighas (one fifth hectare) of land to this community In order to observe and perform their religious rites by assembling under a Church . Eventually when the population of this community rose, they were not allowed any extra land grants, however they built a church on this land encircled by a graveyard ; around contemporary Brabourne Road. Actually there was no trace of today’s Brabourne Road what we see today. Today we cannot find any grave yard here as because
Around 1799 when this present day church was built land was claimed from the surrounding graveyard to support the large structure.
The most significant part of the history of this Portuguese church was that it withstood Siraj-Ud-Daulah’s invasion of Calcutta during the battle of Alinagar in 1856. A major incident associated with this invasion was the infamous “Black Hole tragedy”. A certain woman survived this tragedy whose plaque is kept preserved in this church, as an homage to her resilience.
The Portuguese traders arrived in Calcutta before the British and some of them settled near the bank of the River Hoogly. At the beginning they used to pray in a mud hut. Job Charnock had originally granted 10 bighas of land to the Roman Catholics of the Augustinian order to set up a Mass Hall in the area. But in 1693, when Sir John Goldsborough of the East India Company realized that the company’s Protestant members were converted to Roman Catholicism in the Mass Hall and taking native wives, he ordered them to vacate the place immediately. But they came back within six months, after the death of Goldsborough, and constructed a brick-built structure, a little further away from the original Mass Hall, to be used as their place of worship. Under the direction of Vicar Fari Francisco d’Avsumpaco, the Chapel was enlarged in 1720 by Mrs. Sebastian Shaw. But in 1756, when Nawab Siraj Ud Daulah attacked Calcutta, and the St. Anne’s Church was completely destroyed, the British again took over the Portuguese Chapel and began to conduct services there. However, after three years, the Chapel was handed over to the Portuguese by the order of the Court of Directors in London.
The Jewish community has five independent synagogues in Kolkata, out of which two are in use. The first synagogue, now known as the Old Synagogue, was built by Shalome David Cohen.[2] In 1825, Ezekiel Judah built the Neveh Shalom Synagogue on Canning Street. It was rebuilt in 1911. In 1856, David Joseph Ezra and Ezekiel Judah built the Beth El Synagogue on Pollock Street. It was rebuilt and extended in 1886 by Elias Shalom Gubbay.[2] In 1884, Elias David Joseph Ezra built the Magen David Synagogue in memory of his father David Joseph Ezra. To visit the synagogues, a permission is required from the communal affairs office at the Jewish Girls' School.
It was during these golden days of Calcutta (Kolkata) the first Jewish settlers arrived in the city. The first recorded Jewish immigrant to Kolkata was Shalon Cohen in 1798 from Aleppo in present day Syria.
Soon other Jews followed from Baghdad (Iraq) and Isfahan (Iran) by mid 1830s Calcutta (Kolkata) had a thriving Jewish population.
Although Jews were one of the last communities to arrive in Calcutta (Kolkata) but within a short span of time they made their presence felt by controlling a large section of the trade in Calcutta (Kolkata).
With the rapid increasing in numbers the Jews of Calcutta (Kolkata) needed a place of worship.
Neveh Shalome Synagogue (also Called Neveh Shalom Synagogue), the first Calcutta (Kolkata) Synagogue was built in 1831 by Shalom Obaidah ha – Kohen and was named in memory of his father Shalom ha – Cohen.
Neveh Shalome Synagogue was just a simple prayer hall at the intersection of Brabourne Road and Canning Street (B. R. Road), the very place where the magnificent Maghen David Synagogue now stands.
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Longest Cable–Stayed Bridge In India - Second Hooghly Bridge or Vidyasagar Setu At Calcutta
Second Hooghly Bridge, Vidyasagar Setu, Calcutta, West Bengal, India:- Vidyasagar Setu which is popularly known as Second Hooghly Bridge over the River Ganges at Calcutta (Kolkata) West Bengal is the lognest cable-stayed bridge in India.
The Total length of the Vidyasagar Setu is 2700 feet or 823 meters. The longest span is 457 meter or 1499 meter. This bridge has two pylons. Second Hooghly Bridge or Vidyasagar Setu was completed in the year 1992. It connects tow cities namely Calcutta (Kolkata ) and Howrah. It was the second bridge to be built across the Hooghly River; the first, the Howrah Bridge (also known as Rabindra Setu) 3.7 kilometres (2.3 mi) to the north, was completed in 1943. This bridge was named after the educationist reformer Pandit Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar.
This video of Second Hooghly Bridge or Vidyasagar Setu was recorded in the month of June, 2015.
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Shaheed Minar, Kolkata, India in HD
The Shaheed Minar (Bengali: শহীদ মিনার Shôhid Minar; English: Martyrs' Monument), formerly known as the Ochterlony Monument (Bengali: অক্টারলোনি মনুমেন্ট), is a monument in Kolkata that was erected in 1828 in memory of Major-general Sir David Ochterlony, commander of the British East India Company, to commemorate both his successful defense of Delhi against the Marathas in 1804 and the victory of the East India Company’s armed forces over the Gurkhas in the Anglo-Nepalese War. The monument was constructed in his memory. It was designed by J. P. Parker and paid for from public funds.
On 9 August 1969 it was rededicated to the memory of the martyrs of the Indian freedom movement and renamed the Shaheed Minar, which means martyrs' monument in both Bengali and Hindi, by the then United Front Government in memory of the martyrs of the Indian independence movement[clarification needed]. The present government has decided to illuminate the tower during evenings and allow visitors to the top. The last people to have been up there were former governor Gopal Krishna Gandhi and his family.
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HOWRAH BRIDGE (रवीन्द्र सेतू) -
(बांग्ला: রবিন্দ্র সেতূ; रबिन्द्रो शेतू) भारत के पश्चिम बंगाल में हुगली नदी के उपर बना एक कैन्टीलीवर सेतु है। यह हावड़ा को कोलकाता से जोड़ता है। इसका मूल नाम नया हाव। दा पुल था जिसे बदलकर १४ जून सन् १९६५ को रवीन्द्र सेतु कर दिया गया। किन्तु अब भी यह हावड़ा ब्रिज के नाम से अधिक लोकप्रिय है। यह अपने तरह का छठवाँ सबसे बड़ा पुल है।
DAKSHINESHWAR KALI TEMPLE -
कोलकाता के उत्तर में विवेकानंद पुल के पास दक्षिणेश्वर काली मंदिर स्थित है। यह मंदिर बीबीडी बाग से 20 किलोमीटर दूर है।
दक्षिणेश्वर मंदिर का निर्माण सन 1847 में प्रारम्भ हुआ था। जान बाजार की महारानी रासमणि ने स्वप्न देखा था, जिसके अनुसार माँ काली ने उन्हें निर्देश दिया कि मंदिर का निर्माण किया जाए। इस भव्य मंदिर में माँ की मूर्ति श्रद्धापूर्वक स्थापित की गई। सन 1855 में मंदिर का निर्माण पूरा हुआ। यह मंदिर 25 एकड़ क्षेत्र में स्थित है। दक्षिणेश्वर मंदिर देवी माँ काली के लिए ही बनाया गया है। दक्षिणेश्वर माँ काली का मुख्य मंदिर है। भीतरी भाग में चाँदी से बनाए गए कमल के फूल जिसकी हजार पंखुड़ियाँ हैं, पर माँ काली शस्त्रों सहित भगवान शिव के ऊपर खड़ी हुई हैं। काली माँ का मंदिर नवरत्न की तरह निर्मित है और यह 46 फुट चौड़ा तथा 100 फुट ऊँचा है।
विशेषण आकर्षण यह है कि इस मंदिर के पास पवित्र गंगा नदी जो कि बंगाल में हुगली नदी के नाम से जानी जाती है, बहती है। इस मंदिर में 12 गुंबद हैं। यह मंदिर हरे-भरे, मैदान पर स्थित है। इस विशाल मंदिर के चारों ओर भगवान शिव के बारह मंदिर स्थापित किए गए हैं।
प्रसिद्ध विचारक रामकृष्ण परमहंस ने माँ काली के मंदिर में देवी की आध्यात्मिक दृष्टि प्राप्त की थी तथा उन्होंने इसी स्थल पर बैठ कर धर्म-एकता के लिए प्रवचन दिए थे। रामकृष्ण इस मंदिर के पुजारी थे तथा मंदिर में ही रहते थे। उनके कक्ष के द्वार हमेशा दर्शनार्थियों के लिए खुला रहते थे।
माँ काली का मंदिर विशाल इमारत के रूप में चबूतरे पर स्थित है। इसमें सीढि़यों के माध्यम से प्रवेश कर सकते हैं। दक्षिण की ओर स्थित यह मंदिर तीन मंजिला है। ऊपर की दो मंजिलों पर नौ गुंबद समान रूप से फैले हुए हैं। गुंबदों की छत पर सुन्दर आकृतियाँ बनाई गई हैं। मंदिर के भीतरी स्थल पर दक्षिणा माँ काली, भगवान शिव पर खड़ी हुई हैं। देवी की प्रतिमा जिस स्थान पर रखी गई है उसी पवित्र स्थल के आसपास भक्त बैठे रहते हैं तथा आराधना करते हैं।
BELUR MATH -
बेलूड़ मठ भारत के पश्चिम बंगाल में हुगली नदी के पश्चिमी तट पर बेलूड़ में स्थित है। यह रामकृष्ण मिशन और रामकृष्ण मठ का मुख्यालय है। इस मठ की वास्तु में हिन्दू, इसाई तथा इस्लामी तत्वों का सम्मिश्रण है जो धर्मो की एकता का प्रतीक है। इसकी स्थापना १८९७ में स्वामी विवेकानन्द ने की थी।
2017.03.17 View of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Road, from our Trident Suite, Mumbai, India
View of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Roar, from our Trident Suite, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India