Digha

Digha West Bengal

Digha is West Bengal's most popular sea resort and tourist spot located south west of Calcutta. It is 187 km from Calcutta and Described as the 'Brighton of the East' best for a holiday. Digha has a low gradient with a shallow sand beach with gentle waves extends 7 kms in length.
In Digha sea starts about a mile away from the start of the beach. The scenic beauty of this place is charming and luring. The beach is girdled with casuarinas plantations along the coast enhancing the beauty of this place. These trees apart from beautifying the sands also aid in reducing the erosion on the dunes.One can view both sunrise and sunset at Digha sea beach. The sunsets and sunrises reflecting off the salty waters of the Bay of Bengal are something straight off an artist's easel. The sea at Digha is calm and shallow for about a mile from the beach making it quite safe for swimming.
Digha Originally known as Beerkul during Warren Hastings time was discovered in the late 18th century by the British. It is mentioned as the "Brighton of the East" in one of Warren Hasting's letters (1780 AD) to his wife.One can view both sunrise and sunset at Digha sea beach. The sunsets and sunrises reflecting off the salty waters of the Bay of Bengal are something straight off an artist's easel. The sea at Digha is calm and shallow for about a mile from the beach making it quite safe for swimming.
In 1923, an English tourist John Frank Smith was charmed by the beauty of Digha and started living here. His writings about Digha slowly gave exposure to this place. After independence, he convinced West Bengal's chief minister Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy to develop Digha as a beach resort.

Getting there:

Digha is 185 Km away and conveniently connected via train and road network with Kolkata, the capital of west Bengal and a metropolitan city of the India.
Rail : Train services to Digha are available from Kolkata, with stops at Kanthi, Kharagpur and Mecheda etc. Road : Frequent Bus services to Digha available daily, every half an hour, from from KOLkata. Buses leave from the Shahid Minar and Howrah bus terminus in central Calcutta. The average travel time on direct bus services from Calcutta to Digha is five hours.
Air : NSC Bose International Airport (Kolkata) is the nearest airport with connections to all parts of the worlds
Local Transport : Un-metered taxis, auto-rickshaws, and rickshaws are easily available for local transport.

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