Photowalk is like a heart that beats known rhythms, and witnessing such a walk is really tempting, and if you miss, you surely miss a great deal of awesomeness and fun of living life to the fullest.
This 17th of August we witnessed another such fun photowalk at Budge Budge.
A little about Budge Budge (from Wikipedia)
Budge Budge (Bengali: বজ বজ Bôj Bôj) is a town and a municipality in South 24 Parganas district in the state of West Bengal, India. It is a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority.
Swami Vivekananda landed at Budge Budge ferry ghat when he returned from his Chicago visit. The anniversary is still celebrated on 19 February with great zeal. The old station from where he boarded the train to Calcutta is decorated with flowers on this day. The waiting room where he rested for a while is preserved.
A curious feature of this small and old town is the large number of Sikhs who live here. Budge Budge was the site where the ship Komagata Maru was allowed to land following its return from Vancouver. The ship was chartered by a group of Sikhs to challenge the exclusion laws enacted by Canada to restrict Indian immigration.
Budge Budge municipality (বজবজ পৌরসভা) and Budge Budge Public Library (বজবজ পাবলিক লাইব্রেরী) are more than a century old establishments.
Historically the oldest people of this place were the 'Haldars' who came here to guard a fort near the bank of the River Ganges. A British writer who had come with Clive around 1740-50 chronicled this event. Maniklal was the main person at the fort and his soldiers lost to Clive's troops. This may have been the start of the series of Indian defeats to the expanding British colonial forces in the 18th century.
We all met at Budge Budge railway station, and we were greeted by a heavy shower. August and rain doesn't go well together but this time its just the opposite. Thankfully it didn't last long.
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| Photo by: Sumit Chakraborty |
We waited for the rain to stop, the wait was sweet actually, the station, the busyness all around, all in all we enjoyed every second there.
We started our long awaited walk after it stopped raining..we were loosing our cool actually ;)
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| Photo by: Arin Paul |
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| Photo by: Ankyta Adhikari |
A group photo is the first and the foremost thing for a Photowalk and after a session of posing for a group photo we were done being normal and started to click like nomads on a crazy trip. Going around and clicking and discovering a new place is really exciting. We visited a kali mandir(Temple) nearby.
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| Photo by: Reema |
We also witnessed the beauty of Budge Budge, the ferry ghat.
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| Photo by: Arin Paul |
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| Photo by: Tathagata Das |
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| Photo by: Tathagata Das |
After a break with sandwich, corn and juices, we walked again and this time to visit Komagata Maru. A historical place! (a little about Komagata Maru already stated above). Komagata Maru is a place worth visiting. But today it lies in a forgotten state.
and while returning to the station we stopped by the place where Swami Vivekananda landed, and boarded the train to the then Calcutta (Kolkata).
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| Photo by: Arin Paul |
few of the crazy photos by members at the walk :)
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| Photo by: Alok Daiya |
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| Photo by: Brojonath Banerjee |
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| Photo by: Brojonath Banerjee |
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| Photo by: Somdev Sengupta |
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| Photo by: Sumit Chakraborty |
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| Photo by: Tathagata Das |
Life would have meant nothing if nothing in this world was ever discovered.
Budge Budge has so much to see, but we got so little time that day. We hope to return back to this place sometime in the near future.
Till then, adios..
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