Walking through Gariahat Market in South Kolkata makes a shopaholic feel like a kid let loose in a candy store. With scores of shops flanking the main road and many more makeshift stalls skirting the pavement, Gariahat Market offers the most extensive and exhaustive shopping experience, this side of the city.

Gariahat Market is loosely based on the concept of the great Indian bazaar. Which means, mega stores stand cheek by jowl with pavement shacks. Like New Market, Gariahat too promises a complete shopping experience and is loved by one and all for its competitive pricing.

Gariahat buzzes with shoppers all through the day and evening, all round the year. Look to Gariahat for a wide variety of goods: from clothes to confectionery and everything in between. If you are shopping for traditional attire like kurtas, payjama, Panjabi, dresses and saris, you can count on the famed Kimbadanti: for western-wear like jeans, trousers and shirts there are several new stalls. And let us inform you that Fab India too is cashing in on Kolkata’s kurta craze; it now has one of its biggest outlets in the city here.

Keeping up with the times, many new establishments have been added to this good old market. These new entrants like Gariahat AC Market and Gariahat Mall have loads to offer. Besides clothes and accessories, expect electronics goods, furniture and furnishings and also grocery items.

No shopping experience in Kolkata is complete without a snack at the end. So round off the shopping spree with kathi rolls, phuchkas, samosas and pastries, from shops all along the road. Don’t worry if you feel the pinch in your wallet: leading banks have strategically placed their ATM machines here.

Shop till your piece of plastic allows you!