South Kolkata
Gariahat
Saris on the pavement, fish inside, and hawking that survived every clearance.
- Known for
- The market, the crossing, Puja shopping
- Best hour
- Late afternoon, or any evening in the fortnight before Puja
- Walk
- 40 min, 5 stops
South Kolkata's market: a formal one inside, an informal one on every pavement around it, and a crossing that has defeated every traffic plan attempted on it.
Photographs
Photographs of the quarter. Open one to see it full size.
Must-see buildings
Gariahat Market
The formal building. Fish and vegetables downstairs.
Dakshinapan Shopping Centre
Brutalist, state-run, and the best handloom shopping in the city.
Triangular Park
A small green triangle that anchors the crossing.
Where to eat
Kalika
Gariahat
Not the College Street one. Rolls and cutlets, late.
Gupta Brothers
Gariahat
Kochuri and sweets, from the morning.
Campari
Gariahat
Cabin-style Anglo-Indian. Chops and cutlets since the 1960s.
Phuchka at the Triangular Park corner
Evenings
One of the busiest stalls in the city.
Things to see
- 01
The fish market at seven in the morning
Hilsa in season, and the pricing argument that goes with it.
- 02
Pavement sari shopping before Puja
The single densest crowd in south Kolkata.
- 03
Dakshinapan
Handloom from every state, and nobody in a hurry.
Where this sits
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