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Calcutta Shopping

We Indians really feel proud for the fact that we live in a country where you get to see unity in diversity. And I can assure you guys that when you will be touring Calcutta you will see a mini India over there.

Calcutta has always remained a major center of education, culture and politics India. Calcutta-shopping reminds us noise, fun, excitement and satisfaction. There are many famous places to see in this beautiful city along with some of the largest market of this country.

If you visit the famous congested markets of Kolkata where you need to bargain hard to buy a product, you will really enjoy the crowded surroundings over there. Some of the famous places for shopping in Calcutta are:

Esplanade New Market- New Market (originally known as the Hogg-market) can be taken as a synonym of Calcutta-shopping. Here you would get to see what is actual bargaining and how customers are arguing with the shop-owners.

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Along with various shops of clothes and garments here you will find shiny plastic clips, flowers, fabrics, shoes, toys, luggage, crockery, swimsuits and many more; in short, you will find pin to elephant in New Market.

AC Market- Shakespeare Sarani AC market is like a small version of the great New Market so you can understand how the market is. Here you will find many shopping complexes and showrooms of many big brands which make Calcutta-shopping more attractive.

Here too you will find various types of shops in the footpaths and of course the hard core bargaining. College Street Market- College Street reminds us of very crowded and noisy streets, busses and trams, shops of women garments and Asia’s largest book market. You will see thousands of small book-shops. Here forget about parking your car; so cover these places by foot.

College Street Market gets a very high place in the list of Calcutta-shopping. Ballyganj AC Market- this market is a very famous market of south kolkata having all type of shops of our everyday necessities.

 
     
     
     
     

Gariahat Market- this place is considered to be the heart of south kolkata and here you will find thousands of street shops, shopping-malls, big-branded showrooms of all human needs. Gariahat Market is probably another synonym of Calcutta-shopping.

Bowbazar market, Swabhumi and Salt Lake City Centre also gets a very high place in the list of Calcutta shopping. If you want pure gold jewelries then go to Bowbazar market and for any other needs you can visit the Dakshinapan Shopping Complex.