Digambar Jain Mandir

Kolkata (Calcutta)


In bird-filled gardens 250m west of Belgachia metro stands the Digambar Jain Mandir, with a tall lighthouse-style tower encasing a meditating statuette. There's a reservoir in the courtyard filled with gigantic fish, who often come up for air and puffed-rice grains thrown into the water by pious devotees.


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