Princep Ghat in Kolkata – Photography

Princep Ghats is a ghat established in 1841 during the British Raj, along the Kolkata bank of the Hooghly River in Kolkata, India. Co-ordinates are 22.5552° N, 88.3314° E. The Palladian porch in the memory of the eminent Anglo-Indian scholar and antiquary James Prinsep was designed by W. Fitzgerald and constructed in 1843. It is located between the Water Gate and the St George’s Gate of the Fort William. The monument to Princep is rich in Greek and Gothic inlays. It was restored by the state’s public works department in November 2001. In its initial years, all royal British entourages used the Princep Ghat jetty for embarkation and disembarkation.
Princep Ghat is one of the oldest recreational spots of Kolkata. People visit it in the evenings on weekends to go boating on the river, stroll along the bank and purchase food from stalls there. One stall selling ice-cream and fast food has been there for more than 40 years. A 2-kilometre stretch of the beautified riverfront from Princep Ghat to Babughat (Baje Kadamtala Ghat) was inaugurated on 24 May 2012. It has illuminated and landscaped gardens and pathways, fountains, and renovated ghats. There is a jetty nearby called the Man-O-War jetty that belongs to the Kolkata Port Trust and commemorates the role played by the port in the Second World War. The jetty is mainly used by the Indian Navy.This is a wonderful place for photography. Princep Ghat also has a railway station named after it. The station is part of the Kolkata Circular Railway which is maintained by Eastern Railway. This is a small railway station adjacent to James Prinsep Memorial in Kolkata. Only a few local trains halt here. It is well connected to the Strand Road (one of the busiest roads in Kolkata). The station code is PPGT.