Rashbehari Avenue


Rashbehari Avenue is one of the most prestigious and important east-west avenues of Kolkata, India. A major portion of this road is often commonly referred to as Gariahat, the prime shopping and aristocratic residential neighbourhood of south Kolkata. Rashbehari Avenue falls in the posh residential neighbourhood of Ballygunge. The road is named after Sir Rash Behari Ghosh who was an Indian politician, lawyer, social worker and philanthropist.

Localities

The Gariahat Market is located on Rashbehari Avenue and Gariahat Road Crossing. It is best known for its fish offerings. The other three points of the crossing contains a collection of Indian sarees and other items such as readymade garments, electronic gadgets. Besides the regular shops, there are the makeshift shops that crowd the sidewalks.
The main shopping area runs down to its intersection with Sarat Bose Road but mainly up to Triangular Park. Then it travels further west to meet Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Road at Rashbehari Crossing and heads towards Chetla. From Chetla-Sahanagar Bridge, Rashbehari Avenue becomes Chetla Central Road and moves towards Alipore.
In the east, it meets the Eastern Metropolitan Bypass at Gold Park. This extended part of it starts from the eastern flank of Bijan Setu. The extended part till Ruby doesn't bear its original name, but is commonly called the Rashbehari Avenue Connector.
The important traffic intersections from east to west are near Ekdalia, Gariahat, Hindustan Park, Deshapriya Park, Lake Market and Rash Behari.
The important roads that run immediately parallel to it are Southern Avenue to its south and Hazra Road to its north.

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