<span style="color: #222222;">Ganga Vilas, the longest river cruise , roaming along the Ganga river system in West Bengal presently. Reaching Matiary in Nadia , last night as per scheduled itinerary, the tourists visited the village.<br />''<br />''A report<br />''<br />''The longest  River cruise Ganga Vilas in maiden journey is touring West Bengal now. It reached Matiary in Nadia  from  Murshidabad last night. Swiss tourists went to visit Matiary village this morning. They were welcomed by the villagers with "Shankhadhwani"   by blowing auspicious conch shell.  All the tourists went on foot to the Village which was about 4-5 km from the anchorage place.The village is famous for its beautiful handicrafts carved out of brass and bell metal. Jagannath  Mitra, a village entrepreneur said, they are cery eager to show their traditional artefacts and utensils to the tourists from Switzerland  to make it known to the world.(Sound byte) Rajkumar  Singh , Asstt Director,  Inland Waterways Authority of India , who went to the Village along with the tourists, said , the tourists are very happy to see these handicrafts and they even bought some of those art objects.<br />''<br />''Peter,one of the tourists coming from  Switzerland,  said , they are enjoying the entire tour with all its unparalleled beauty, cuisine, and art objects.</span><br />