Punjabi Market, Vancouver

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The Punjabi Market or Little India is a small commercial district in Vancouver, British Columbia officially recognized by the city as being primarily Indo-Canadian businesses. This is a 5 block section of Main Street around 49th Avenue in the Sunset neighbourhood. There are a number of Indian restaurants, sweet shops, grocers and Punjabi video stores as well as other businesses that cater primarily to an Indo-Canadian Market. Main and 50th will also be the location for the first India Gate in a North American city. The 3 million dollar project is slated for completion before the 2010 Olympics.

[edit] Little India

Little India, or the Vancouver Punjabi Market, is a very big tourist attraction in Vancouver, like Chinatown in Downtown Vancouver. With over 160,000 South Asians, mostly Sikh Punjabi Indians, Little India caters to all these people, and more. Little India is on a section of 5 blocks of Main Street in Vancouver, only 10 minutes from downtown.

[edit] What to Do

Little India offers many kinds of shops, such as a fashion store created by Bollywood actor, Sunil Shetty, restaurants and Hindi video stores. The market is a shopping destination for many Indian weddings because of the Indian ethnic clothing and bridal goods available.

[edit] Festivals

The nearby Sikh Temple celebrates Vaisakhi every year in April. Festivities include a huge parade, where over 200,000 people come together from all races and religions to celebrate the birth of the Sikh religion. The stores in the Punjabi Market and the Indian households on the parade route give out free food and other goods.

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