Palika Bazaar

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Palika Bazaar is an underground, air-conditioned market located between the inner and outer circle of Connaught Place, Delhi, India. It hosts several hundred shops selling a diverse range of items; however, the market is dominated by electronic items and clothing. Since the 1980s Palika Bazaar has seen a decline in customers, in part due to the opening of several new, modern shopping malls all over Delhi.

Palika Bazaar attracts many foreign tourists. It is known as a place with a very low level of prices. It does, however, also have a reputation for a wide availability of illegal products such as pornography, stolen goods, fake designer products and pirated CD's,Video game consoles, mobile phones, software and movies. Each and every part of computer is available in almost every range. You will be amazed to see street hawkers selling computer hardware as well as softwares. Police conducts regular raids to recover stolen or pirated merchandise, but this has failed to put an end to the activity in the market.

[edit] Gates of Palika Bazaar

Gate no. 1: Main gate. Faces Connaught Place Central Park, with F Block on the right and Palika Underground Parking on the left. Staircase entry.

Gate no. 2: Faces Palika Underground Parking. Handicap ramp entry.

Gate no. 3: Not in use. Faces Palika Underground Parking. Closed to the public.

Gate no. 4: Spiral staircase entry with two doors, one not in use. Door in use faces Parliament Street, Regal Building and Jeevan Bharti building.

Gate no. 5: Spiral staircase entry with two doors. One door faces Janpath, N Block and Jeevan Bharti building, the other faces towards Palika Underground Parking.