The city we're getting married in

Welcome to Kolkata

How to get here, and what to do while you're in town

Find your bearings

The wedding map

A storybook view of the city. Tap any marker for directions.

An illustrated map of Kolkata showing the Hooghly River, Howrah Bridge, the airport and leafy city streets ✈Airport 1Vedam Lawns 2Sindhu Bhavan 3Divinity Pavilion H1Stay · The Sonnet H2Stay · De Sovrani 🚆Howrah Station
1–3 wedding venuesH1–H2 stays for outstation guests✈ airport🚆 railway station
1 · Vedam Lawns 2 · Sindhu Bhavan 3 · Divinity Pavilion H1 · The Sonnet H2 · De Sovrani Airport · CCU Howrah railway station
The Sonnet
Block DD, Plot 8, Sector 1, Salt Lake, Kolkata 700064
One of our two stays for outstation guests. Open in Maps
De Sovrani
DD 21, Sector 1, Salt Lake, Kolkata 700064
Our second stay for outstation guests, just across from The Sonnet. Open in Maps
Getting here

Travel

Landing, moving around, and what December feels like here

Airport
Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport (CCU)
Roughly 20–30 minutes to Salt Lake and Lake Town, 40–50 minutes to central Kolkata depending on traffic. All our venues are on the airport side of the city, which helps.
Getting around
Yatri Sathi, Uber, inDrive and Rapido, in roughly that order
Yatri Sathi is the West Bengal government app and honestly the most reliable here. inDrive lets you negotiate the fare, and Rapido bike taxis are quickest through traffic if you're travelling light. Uber works fine. Skip Ola. It's unreliable in Kolkata. Yellow Ambassador taxis are iconic but you'll have to haggle. The metro is clean and fast if you're heading into the centre.
Weather in December
Kolkata's best season, around 13–26°C
Warm sunny days, genuinely cool evenings. Bring a shawl, jacket or layers for evenings out.
Flying internationally?
Most nationalities can apply for an India e-Visa online
Apply at least two weeks ahead at indianvisaonline.gov.in. Pick up an Airtel or Jio SIM at the airport on arrival. You'll want data for cabs and maps.
Money
Indian Rupee (₹). Cards work in hotels and restaurants
Carry some cash for markets, small cafés and tipping. UPI is everywhere but usually needs an Indian bank account.
Choose your window

Kolkata, by the hour

Three easy plans, depending on how much time you have between celebrations.

About 3 hours

A first taste

  1. Victoria Memorial and a walk through the gardens
  2. Browse and pause for coffee around Park Street
  3. Finish with a kathi roll or something sweet
A full day

The Kolkata classic

  1. Kumortuli early, while the workshops are active
  2. College Street and Indian Coffee House for books, history and adda
  3. Lunch at The Daily or Motherland
  4. Victoria Memorial, then an evening around Park Street
A free evening

Food and lights

  1. Walk around Park Street as the city lights up
  2. Dinner at Burma Burma or Bar-B-Q
  3. End with our favourite chocolate drinks at 8th Day
Eat well

Places we love in Kolkata

The places we actually return to for coffee, comfort food, long conversations and a little chaos.

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Motherland Studios & Cafe

Our healthy go-to. We love the jowar protein bowl, and their kombuchas are genuinely to die for.

P-524 Raja Basanta Roy Road, Southern Avenue · Open in Maps

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Fresh Aisle Cafe

Come for the fresh, healthy food and stay to browse the shelves. We especially like picking up Kultur’d Kombucha here.

10/4B Elgin Road, Sreepally, Bhowanipore · Open in Maps

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The Daily

Where we end up more often than anywhere else, for an easy meal that somehow becomes a long evening.

5 Satyen Dutta Road, Deshapriya Park · Open in Maps

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Evabrew Coffee Roasters

Small, calm and serious about its coffee. It is one of our favourite places for a proper cup.

17C Dr Sarat Banerjee Road, Lake Market · Open in Maps

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Roastery Coffee House

For excellent coffee, the old Kolkata house and sitting far longer than we meant to.

70B, inside South India Club, Hindustan Park · Open in Maps

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8th Day Cafe & Bakery

Go for the chocolate. Its cold chocolate and hot chocolate are two of our absolute favourites.

11 Jatin Bagchi Road, opposite Vivekananda Park · Open in Maps

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Bar-B-Q

A proper Park Street institution for Chinese and North Indian comfort food. Unfussy, generous and always satisfying.

43–47–55 Park Street · Open in Maps

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Burma Burma Restaurant & Tea Room

Beautiful vegetarian Burmese food, wonderful small plates and a tea menu worth taking your time over.

18M, Ground Floor, Stephen Court, Park Street · Open in Maps

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The Glenburn Cafe

A beautiful little tea room for Darjeeling tea, coffee and a slow breakfast in the middle of town.

7A Russell Street, Park Street area · Open in Maps

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Ramanee

Our pick for vegetarian South Indian comfort food: dosa, idli, thali and filter coffee.

P-569 Lake Terrace, Hemanta Mukhopadhyay Sarani · Open in Maps

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Nicco Park

Rides, noise and zero sophistication. It is the place for bringing out our competitive, slightly childish side.

Jheel Meel, Sector IV, Salt Lake · Open in Maps

Never been to one?

Your first Indian wedding

For anyone flying in who has no idea what they have signed up for. Short answer: more days, more colour, and far less formality than you are expecting.

How long
Several days, not one afternoon
An Indian wedding is a series of events rather than a single ceremony, each with its own mood and its own dress code. Your invitation has the times, the places and what to wear for all of it, so you will always know where to be.
Timing
Use the arrival time on your invitation
We have included the useful arrival time for each event, so you will know exactly when to be there.
Colour
Wear it. All of it.
Bright is correct, not risky. The one thing to avoid is all black or all white for the daytime ceremony, since neither reads as celebratory here. Beyond that there is no such thing as too much colour.
Indian clothes
Part of the celebration
Your invitation includes the Indian dress code for each event, plus illustrated outfit ideas and a packing list.
The ceremony
At the Gurudwara
Please remove your shoes, cover your head and keep your phone on silent. Remain quiet inside the Gurudwara.
Dancing
Not optional, but no skill required
You will be pulled onto the dance floor whether or not you were planning on it. There is no choreography to learn and no standard to meet. Everyone looks equally ridiculous.
Photos
Take them, share them
We’d love your candid photos. At the Gurudwara, please keep your phone on silent and avoid disturbing the ceremony.
Still unsure
Ask us anything
There is no question too basic. If you are unsure about anything on your invitation, just ask.