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Bakkhali
Beach
At Bakkhali, the beach is long and sandy, the waves twinkling in the sunlight. Dense casuarinas groves drape the beach. Red fiddler crabs march in line on the beach.
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Diamond Harbour
A resort 51km south of Kolkata by road, Diamond Harbour is at the point where the Hooghly
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Digha Beach
The Southern West Bengal is endowed with the most famous beach on the eastern coast of India - Digha. The beach town of Digha
is famous all over for flat, hard beaches. |
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Falta
43 km downriver, was the site of a Dutch factory. The British retreat here in 1756 when Kolkata was captured by Siraj-ud-daula. |
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Frazerganj Beach
The white sand beach is entirely different from the other beaches. It is pristine pure and holds the charms of a beach unspoilt. |
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Junput
Beach
Junput is 40 km. from Digha by bus, with a change at Contai. The place offers beautiful sea-view and lines of casuarina
trees. |
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Sagardwip or Ganga Sagar
A beautiful destination combining pilgrimage and fun, situated on an island in the Sunderban, holds the charms of a completely unspoilt beach on the estuary of the mighty Ganga.
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Shankarpur
Beach
Shankarpur, a virgin beach as yet, is a recent discovery. It is a twin beach of Digha,
around 10 km. from it. It offers nearly all the pleasures of a private
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