India village houses 170-year-old castles

Message-Id: <20100131123007.056F530731DE@node2.byetcluster.com> Date: Sun, 31 Jan 2010 07:30:07 -0500 (EST) From: root@admin2.byetcluster.com (root) DHANYAKURIA: Palatial mansions and diminutive castles featuring an amalgamation of Gothic and Islamic structure are features that characterize Dhanyakuria community in India''s eastern land of West Bengal. The village, in North 24 Parganas district, stands attestator to the time glory, which has been a symbol of the utilization since pre-independence. Built by merchants who had settled in the locate 170 years ago, the castles and mansions are highly influenced by the European lifestyle. Boasting of splendid domes, intricate filigree-work, gothic carvings, Brobdingnagian turrets and towers, the buildings are a visual repast for tourists and locals alike. The descendents of the merchants'' families, despite having touched to Bharat and abroad, have serviceable near ties with the villagers. "I took a prompt state to compile every the young generations, along with the time generations to attain a communication so that our acquisition - not only our acquisition but it is the acquisition of our village. We know that before independence it was established, and to maintain that acquisition we poverty to do something better," C A Gaine, descendent of digit of the merchants'' family. Now the youngness of the families have formed a consortium to verify care of the utilization issues, as well as the unequalled social acquisition of the place. Most kinsfolk members attain it a saucer to meet the community at small erst apiece year during a major festival. One of the castles today houses a girls'' orphanage.
Yahoo ================================================================ Special offer: Free Domain & cPanel Hosting for only $2.99 at https://SecureSignup.net ! ================================================================ Spam Filtered (ID:4902673)