Earlier Reference: Etchings of François Balthazar Solvyns

François Balthazar Solvyns has made etchings on Indian society. it was published under the title "A Collection of Two Hundred and Fifty Coloured Etchings: Descriptive of the Manners, Customs and Dresses of the Hindoos".  Calcutta, 1796, 1799. About 36 boats we can traced there under "Boats of Bengal". All those paintings are available in web. go through: http://asnic.utexas.edu/asnic/hardgrave/solvynsonline/pages/Solvyns-Etchings.htm

A COMMENTARIES on Boats in Chuyachandan

Published in the Journal of Bengali Studies
Volume 3
Number 1
May 2014
Page No. 185

Go through:
http://www.scribd.com/doc/223387769/Journal-of-Bengali-Studies-Vol-3-No-1

BOAT MUSEUM in Kolkata [Cultural Research Institute, Ambedkar Bhawan, P 1/4 CIT Scheme VII(M), VIP Road, (Near 3-A Bus terminus), Kolkata 700054] REMAIN OPEN on ALL Working Days (Monday to Friday except Government Holidays) 11 AM to 5 PM. Boat Museum is in the Ground Floor (Rear Side) of Ambedkar Bhawan

Location map of BOAT MUSEUM

• http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/Countrys-first-boat-museum-inaugurated-in-Kolkata/articleshow/28562264.cms

A paper on Boat in Journal of Bengali Studies

Conveyance in Bengal Waterfront and Its Technological Excellence

Volume 2
Number 2
October 2013

go through:

\http://www.scribd.com/doc/177182600/Journal-of-Bengali-Studies-Vol-2-No-2

My Publication on Bengal Boat

Patia of Eastern India. Vestiges of a reverse clinker tradition. 

By Swarup Bhattacharya and Lotika Varadarajan. 

Technique and Culture, PARIS, 2001

(http://tc.revues.org/304)

About Boat Museum in Kolkata. Published in Aajkal News Paper (Bengali) September 9, 2013

RAMKINKAR BAIJ Award to my father Sculptor Madhab Chandra Bhattacharjee by Department of Information and Cultural Affairs, Government of West Bengal

Inauguration of Orissa State Maritime Museum at Cuttack. I served as a Member of the Technical Advisory Committee to commissioning the project.

Review of Boat Exhibition in Bengali Newspaper Ebela (4.3.2013 page No. 10)

Or: ebela.in/details/5236-25422937.html

Some photographs of Exhibition on Traditional Bengal Boats at Tarani Majhir Ghat, Salt Lake Stadium. Organised by Backward Classes Welfare Department, Govt. of West Bengal

Kaile Bachhari

Photograph by Protim Banerjee (protimbanerjee1@gmail.com)

Photograph by Protim Banerjee (protimbanerjee1@gmail.com)

Dholai

Photograph by Protim Banerjee (protimbanerjee1@gmail.com)

Goloiya

Photograph by Protim Banerjee (protimbanerjee1@gmail.com)

Sampan

Photograph by Protim Banerjee (protimbanerjee1@gmail.com)

‎12th to 14th February 2013.
Exhibition of Models on Heritage Boats of Bengal.
Venue: Tarani Majhir Ghat, Salt Lake Stadium (close to VIP Gate). Kolkata
Time: 2 to 7 pm.
Organizer: Backward Classes Welfare Department. Government of West Bengal.

Your presence will encourage me. If you need any assistance call me at +91 9433900712. or mail me: swarup.bhattacharyya@gmail.com

 

Durga and Boat: Debi Durga is returning to in-laws house by Boat

 

Varsities to showcase replicas of Tagore boats

Varsities to showcase replicas of Tagore boats

If anybody knows about the structural details of 'Chapala' (a boat used by Rabindranath) please inform. 

My interest on:

Material used 

Material used for joining

Design taken from 

Number of persons accommodated. 

Original photograph of Chapala