The east
Tangra
The last working Chinatown in India, built on tanneries.
- Also
- Chinatown
- Known for
- Hakka Chinese community, Indian Chinese food
- Best hour
- Sunday morning, or Chinese New Year
- Walk
- 55 min, 5 stops
A tannery district that became India's only surviving Chinatown, and the birthplace of a cuisine that has conquered the country.
Photographs
Photographs of the quarter. Open one to see it full size.
Must-see buildings
Chinese Kali Temple
Kali worshipped with noodles as prasad. Exactly as described.
Sea Ip Church
In the old quarter at Tiretta Bazar. One of the surviving temples.
Toong On Church
Above what was, for years, the Nanking restaurant.
The Tangra restaurant strip
Matheswartala Road. Former tannery buildings, converted.
Where to eat
Kim Ling
Tangra
Chilli garlic prawn, and the sweetcorn chicken soup.
Beijing
Tangra
One of the older survivors. Hakka noodles.
Territi Bazar breakfast
Central Kolkata, 6–7:30am
Pork buns, fish ball soup, momos.
Golden Joy
Tangra
The chimney soup, if there are enough of you.
Things to see
- 01
Chinese New Year
February. Dragon dances through the Tangra streets, and four days of firecrackers.
- 02
The Chinese Kali Temple
Noodles as prasad, and a Hakka congregation.
- 03
Territi Bazar at six
Twenty minutes of trade on the pavement, then nothing.
Where this sits
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