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Main shopping center in West
Bengal
Calcutta
The former Capital of British India, Calcutta has been a home to many great people like Mother Teresa, Rabindranath Tagore and Swami Vivekanand. The place has a range of things to offer to a shopper. From the intriguining Street vendors of Chowringhee Road to the danity shops of sudder st New Market, Calcutta a shoppers paradise.
The shops along the entrance arcade to the Oberoi Grand Hotel are interesting but not as entertaining as Chowringhees amazing variety of pavement vendors and stores selling everything from carpets to handicrafts.
New Market, formerly Hogg Market, started off in 1874 is still the hottest place to go shopping. It has on display everything from clothes to electronics. It is Calcuttas premier place for bargain shopping.
Another place for these is Gariahat, towards Ballygunge. You can also shop for a vast variety of clothes, collectibles and crafts here.
In the recently conveated Hegg Market to New Market, you can find almost anything. Embroidered unani and other souvenic items are found in womens friendly Socities and good Companions. The City Express Super Market below the sudder Lt and New Market is an air - conditioned and Computerized arcade, in the basement.
To find some of the beautiful handicrafts and textiles, you can visit Rejugee Handicrafts, Cottage Industries, Khadi Gramodyog Bhawan and Bengal home industries. Rasgullas of Bengal are extremely famous.
Darjeeling
In the enchanting hill - station of Darjeeling, encompressed with a maze of coniferous trees are a number of exotic shopping market lane. The best place to find the handicrafts of West Bengal is the Manjusha Emporium, on Nehru Road. Along the same road you find exquisite carpets and beautiful rare objects. Brass statues, wooden carings, woollen clothes, woven fabrics Thankyas and Jewellery are found hill in abundance. Haydin hall house a range of resonable Tibetan Carpets.
Darjeeling Tea is famous all over the World. One of the best place to shop is Nathmull's Tea Merchants. In the base of the Himalayas lies the fast growing town of Kalimpong, which also has many interaction Bazaars.
Kalimpong
Kalimpong has a plethora of paster paintings. Bags, intricate wood carvings and many more items are sold at kalimpong arts and crafts. In the lanes and markets near Dambar Chowck you can find some exquisite Tibetan Jewellery.
West Bengal is also famous for many other things like Murshidabad Silks, Darjelling Silver, Shantiniketan leathers, Kalighat pats, Kumartuli Clag image and Bankura horses. So if you are going to West Bengal keep your pockets full as you are sure to be tempted by its fantastic offerings.
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