INDIA - HOOGHLY, THE LITTLE GANGES OF BENGAL

It winds its way for 250 km, telling us the story of the first trading posts in the East Indies, passing by unique terracotta temples, and ending its course in the Bay of Bengal. The Hooghly, the Little Ganges, invites us on a timeless cruise to a little-visited India, where the thrilling flow of Indian history and spirituality flows. A unique river cruise reveals its hidden wonders. Now forgotten on travelers' maps, the Little Ganges of Bengal was nevertheless the gateway for the first navigators from the West, carried by the rich prospects of trade with India. For the trading powers of the time, the Hooghly was the Little River of great hopes. Arabs, Portuguese, Dutch, Danish, French and finally, English, all sailed up the Hooghly to knock on the doors of an empire that, until the 17th century, represented the second largest economy in the world. A journey back in history with a tour of trading posts and numerous Hindu temples on the program: Murshidabad, the Bengali Versailles, Plassey, site of the famous battle, Hooghly-Chinsurah, the first European trading post, Chandernagore, the French trading post and the bustling Calcutta.

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