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Bidhannagar has 12 places covered here for sightseeing in Bidhannagar, including Salt Lake Electronics Complex, Salt Lake Sector-V, Eastern Zonal Cultural Centre and Rabindra

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Bidhannagar has 12 places covered here for sightseeing in Bidhannagar, including Salt Lake Electronics Complex, Salt Lake Sector-V, Eastern Zonal Cultural Centre and Rabindra Tirtha. Each page lists timings, entry fees and directions where sources provide them.

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Salt Lake Electronics Complex

Salt Lake Electronics Complex (or, Salt Lake Electronic City) (abbr. SALTLEC) is a technology hub in the Sector V of Bidhannagar, Kolkata in the Indian state of West Bengal. Spread over an area of 150 Acres, it consists various electronics and IT parks. It is India's first fully integrated Electronics Complex, specialized for electronics, IT and BPO industry. The complex has 20 acres of SEZ land, allotted to Wipro.

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Salt Lake Sector-V

Salt Lake Sector-V is the commercial sector of Salt Lake City and a business district under Kolkata metropolitan area in the Indian state of West Bengal. Spread over an area of 430 Acres, Salt Lake Sector V is known as the IT Hub of Kolkata as well as of East India. Salt Lake Sector-V is the commercial sector of Salt Lake City and a business district under Kolkata metropolitan area in the Indian state of West Bengal. Spread over an area of 430 Acres, Salt Lake Sector V is known as the IT Hub of Kolkata as well as of East India.

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Eastern Zonal Cultural Centre

An autonomous organisation under India's Ministry of Culture, with jurisdiction over the states of Assam, Bihar, Jharkhand, Manipur, Odisha, Sikkim, Tripura, West Bengal, and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Its headquarters contains two exhibitions for visitors: Niranjan Pradhan sculptures and Vadya Vithika, as well as an auditorium hosting art festivals, open-air concerts, musical workshops and many other events.

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Rabindra Tirtha

A cultural centre dedicated to the poet and Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore. It houses an exhibition of Tagore’s paintings, archives, a research centre, an auditorium and dormitories for students opting to conduct their research on Tagore. Various arts festivals are arranged here, including performances.

noon–7PMHeritage

New Town Gate

An arch monument in New Town and one of the most iconic structures in Kolkata. The structure consists of a single ring supported by two parabolic arches from four sides of the Narkelbagan intersection. The ring houses a restaurant, an observation deck, as well as souvenir shops. The "hanging restaurant of Kolkata" offers a variety of items, as well as a buffet of ₹550 per head. The observation deck is surrounded by glass.

Free for children below 3, ₹100 per adultRestaurant: 7–10PM; observation deck: noon–6PM (closed Mon)Heritage

Aircraft Museum

A open-air museum, developed by the Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA). Similar to the one in Visakhapatnam, it exhibits a decommissioned Russian Tupolev Tu-142 anti-submarine aircraft of the Indian Navy, the heaviest, fastest and highest-flying turboprop, along with the models of various aircraft designs with diagrams and descriptions for each aircraft part. There is also a small children's park and a coffee shop.

₹30 for adults, free for children below 3 and school studentsMar–Oct 11:30AM–8:30PM, Nov–Feb 10:30AM–7:30PM, closed Mon. Last ticket at 8PM. 📷 Photography and videography not permitted inside aircraftHeritage

Chinese Kali Mandir

A Kali temple run by an elderly Chinese priest. It is said to be around 70 years old, previously run by local Hindus. According to local beliefs, a Chinese boy in Kolkata fell sick six decades ago, and was not responding to any treatments. Extremely worried, his parents rushed him to this altar, and worshipped the stone as Kali. The boy gradually recovered after the worship, and the present structure was built as a token of gratitude.

5AM-2PM and 5:00-10:30PMPilgrimage

National Council of Science Museums

The parent organisation respnsible for science and technology museums across India. Its headquarters itself hosts several exhibitions for visitors, like Rabindranather Bigyan Bhabna (Tagore's philosophy on science) and Portable Fun Science Exhibition.

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Mother's Wax Museum

The first wax museum of India, with life-sized wax figurines of eminent personalities from India's independence movement, music, sports, Bollywood, Hollywood, and so on. The museum also has a haunted house for adventure seekers.

Noon–7:30PMHeritage

Kolkata Leather Complex

An industrial complex and the centre of leather-tanning business of the metropolis, fondly known as chormonogorī. It has approximately 500 tanneries, which account for 22-25% of all the tanning in India.

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Fanattic Sports Museum

A sports museum dedicated to various types of sports and the first of its kind in West Bengal.

11AM–7PM (closed on Mon)Heritage

Forum Atmosphere

A luxury residential building, consisting of two tower blocks and a structure called "Deya" connecting the two. Deya is the world's first residential floating sky sculpture, and it houses the residents' community and recreational facilities, including a swimming pool, gymnasium, spas, running track, sporting facilities, virtual golf, cinema, meeting spaces and function facilities.

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