Palika Bazaar
Palika Bazaar is located between the inner and outer circle of Connaught Place, New Delhi. It is an underground air conditioned market in which hundreds of shops are located that sell various types of items. Palika bazaar in New Delhi is most famous for the electronic items and clothing. However, since almost 1980 the customer base of the Palika Bazaar is on decline mainly due to opening of several other shopping malls as well as big showrooms.
Still the market is famous is famous for very low prices of all the products and attracts even lot of foreign tourists. On the flip side the market has gained bad reputation due availability of lot of illegal items such as pornography, stolen goods, fake designer products and pirated CDs, Video game consoles, mobile phones, software and movies.
You will also be able to get each and every part of the computer in all the price ranges. You will surely be surprised to see the street hawkers selling the hardware as well as the software. One never thought that computer parts and software will ever come on the streets. Anyways, this is Delhi and anything can happen over here. The Police conduct frequent raids on many of Palika shops to recover the stolen and pirated items. But there is never an end to these items and it has failed to prevent the shop keepers from this illegal business. In fact the business people have got more or less used to such raids.
Gates of Palika Bazaar
Palika Bazaar in New Delhi is a huge market and for hundreds of shops located in the market there are seven gates. Here is the description of each of these gates.
Gate no. 1: This is the main gate. It faces Connaught Place Central Park, with F Block on the right and Palika Underground Parking on the left. It has staircase entry.
Gate no. 2: This gate faces Palika Underground Parking. It has ramp entry for the physically challenged.
Gate no. 3: This gate is not in use. It faces Palika Underground Parking and is closed to the public.
Gate no. 4: This gate has spiral staircase entry with two doors, one not in use. Door that is in use faces Parliament Street, Regal Building and Jeevan Bharti building.
Gate no. 5: This gate too has spiral staircase entry with two doors. One of the door faces Janpath, N Block and Jeevan Bharti building, while the other faces towards Palika Underground Parking.
Gate no. 6: This gate has staircase entry and faces N Block and F Block.
Gate no. 7: This gate has ramp entry for the physically challenged and faces F Block.
If you do plan to visit the market beware or the duplicate items and bargain as much as you can. With this you will not only enjoy shopping but also save a lot of money. And if you are tired or hungry and want to relax, there is a grassy area above the market which is popular for lazing around, chatting, eating snacks, and drinking tea.
Palika Bazaar
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