The City of Calcutta as we know it today had its genesis in the three villages of Gobindopur, Kalikata and Sutanuti. By the middle of the 17 century the lower reaches of the River Bhagirathi and the River Saraswati were already the site of a series of settlements with the Portuguese at Satgaon and Hooghly and the flourishing textile market at Sutanuti. To the east of the Bhagirathi was also the old Kali Temple. The existence of the temple is tentatively traced ...
