Mudar Patherya at the South Park Street Cemetery, which has graves dating back to the early years of the East India Company
CITIES don’t know to stand still. So where should one discover their past? Graveyards are a good place to go, ask Mudar Patherya, Kolkata’s very own heritage activist.
Patherya has been restoring tombstones in the South Park Street Cemetery where a chunk of Kolkata’s history, dating back to 1767, can be found on its eight acres.
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