Howrah Bridge is a bridge with a suspended span over the Hooghly River in West Bengal, India. Commissioned in 1943, the bridge was originally named the New Howrah Bridge, because it replaced a pontoon bridge at the same location linking the two cities of Howrah and Kolkata. On 14 June 1965 it was renamed Rabindra Setu after the great Bengali poet Rabindranath Tagore, who was the first Indian and Asian Nobel laureate. It is still popularly known as the Howrah Bridge.
The Malik Ghat flower market can be found adjacent to the Howrah bridge with a multitude of flowers of various kinds and colours. The traders are seated side by side with their flowers in full display and you have a small walkway between these seated traders to walk through and make your purchase.Most of the flowers being sold are used for prayers in the temples and the array of colours displayed is fascinating.The sweet fragrance which emancipates from these flowers is also very captivating.You must also be careful of these vendors carrying these flowers in huge bundles over their heads walking along the same footpath and not stand in their way as the load appears very heavy. As you walk along,you will also see fruit vendors selling local fruits which are in season at reasonable prices.Fruits like mangoes, grapes, pomegranates were available in late Feb / March. This is a site not to be missed. Strongly recommended.Make sure you leave early for the market. Best time would be around 7.00am - 8.00am.
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