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What is the specialty of "Chandi Chowk" (Delhi)? |
Travel Info What is the specialty of "Chandi Chowk" (Delhi)? Travel Tips Its not Chandi Chowk. It is Chandni Chowk. It is asia's biggest bazzar. All most all the available arabian goods are sold here at very cheaper rates. Others Mithai from famous Gantewala mithai wala out of this world yummy When the Mughal emperor Shahjahan shifted his capital from Agra to Delhi , he made a magnificent citadel - the Red Fort, to house the court. Lal Qila (Red Fort) was the administrative hub of Shahjahan鈥檚 Delhi, while its commercial centre was Chandni Chowk. Literally `Moonlight Square鈥?(a name given because of the reflection of the moon in the waters of the canal which ran down the centre), Chandni Chowk was a beautiful stretch of land, tree-lined and busy, the very essence of the exotic East. Chandni Chowk is today, if anything, busier than ever before- and the very epitome of chaotic, crowded India. From off the main street, narrow lanes- locally called gallis and kuchas- weave their way into the heart of the old city; and tiny squares known as katras, demarcated on the basis of trade, stand alongside the main road. Kuchas and katras, as in the time of the Mughals, are still devoted to a single commodity: Kucha Chowdhury sells cameras and photographic equipment; Ballimaran is the place for spectacles, Dariba Kalan is the street of the jewellers, and Parathewali Gali, besides churning out the most sinful of ghee-laden parathas, has diversified into selling saris too. And that鈥檚 not all- flowers, sweets, bridal wear, theatrical costumes and masks, kababs, groceries, spices, paper, virtue- all are sold in Chandni Chowk. What鈥檚 so special about it? Everything. No part of Delhi can perhaps match Chandni Chowk for history, spice and sheer exotica. More than any other corner of the Old City, this stretch of road throbs with reminders of the past- Gurudwara Sheeshganj, where the Sikh Guru Tegh Bahadur was executed at the orders of Aurangzeb; the Sunehari Masjid, the Town Hall, and Bhagirath Palace- once a palace owned by the famous Begum Samru, now a dilapidated structure devoted to the sale of electrical goods. And history isn鈥檛 all of it; there鈥檚 poetry here too- in the tiny Gali Qasim Jaan, where the tottering haveli of Mirza Ghalib still stands; there鈥檚 food and commerce, religion and trade- and an overwhelming sense of interesting discoveries to be made at every other corner. journeymart.com |
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