🇮🇳 Ahmedabadvs🇮🇳 Kolkata

🇮🇳 Ahmedabad — Best For

🇮🇳 Kolkata — Best For

Ahmedabad is almost entirely vegetarian — don't expect beef or pork. The old city's Pols (historic residential clusters) are a UNESCO World Heritage Site and best explored on foot.

Durga Puja (October) transforms Kolkata into the world's largest open-air art festival — over 3,500 pandals (temporary bamboo pavilions) compete with sculptural and thematic installations, and the entire city walks through the night for four days. Outside puja season, Kumartuli (the potters' quarter) north of Shobhabazar is where all the idols are made year-round — watching craftsmen shape 20-foot clay goddesses is extraordinary. The yellow Ambassador taxis and hand-pulled rickshaws are becoming rare — take one while they still exist.