Hotel Kalinga

West Bengal


The AC rooms in this large hotel are just about OK (although in need of renovation), while the restaurant on the terrace has a basic multicuisine menu (mains ₹110 to ₹180) and nice views over the town. It's on the main highway a little north of central Malda.

The reception can arrange taxis for touring the ruins.


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This rudimentary museum has a small collection of sculpture, artefacts and coins from Gaur and Pandua.

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The fortress-like Dakhil Darwaza gate, constructed in 1425, was the northern entrance to the fortified citadel at the heart of old Gaur.

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