Location
Address
Salt Lake Kolkata, West Bengal 700 095
Description
Central Park is the second largest open space in the city of Kolkata after the Maidan. The park is built around an expansive water body. There is a bridge which connects on side of the lake to an island which has a pagoda. The lake serves as a haven for water birds like lesser whistling duck, common moorhen, egrets, cormorants and other species. There are also boating facilities in a cordoned off section of the lake near the rose garden. The Park has several species of butterflies The butterfly garden consists of several plots where shrubs and trees on which butterflies and their larvae(caterpillar) feed, have been planted