Tagged With: Calcutta
Favourite Shot
Late afternoon at the Victoria Memorial, Calcutta. It’s one of the biggest colonial monuments in Calcutta. The British inaugurated it in 1921 as a tribute to the success of the British Empire in India, and dedicated it to Victoria, the Queen of the United Kingdom and Empress of India.
Kategorien: >>In English<<, Asia, Favourite Shots, India
Schlagwörter: Calcutta, Victoria Memorial
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Mother Teresa’s halo
For Westerners, one figure that is associated with Calcutta more than anyone else is Mother Teresa. This tiny woman, born into an Albanian family in 1910, felt God’s calling and left everything behind to become a very passionate missionary. She joined the Sisters of Loreto 1928 in Ireland, and soon afterwards arrived in Calcutta. She … Weiterlesen
Kategorien: >>Auf Deutsch<<, >>In English<<, Asia, History, India, Religion
Schlagwörter: Calcutta, Missionaries of Charity, Mother Teresa, Motherhouse
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