Southern Avenue

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Southern Avenue, now renamed Dr Meghnad Saha Sarani, is one of the most important and prestigious avenues in south Kolkata connecting Gol Park with Kalighat.It falls under the posh Ballygunge area. It is a 2.5 k.m. long road that runs east to west from Gariahat Road on the east to S.P. Mukherjee Road on the west.

Contents 1 Localities 2 Landmarks 3 Restaurants 4 External links 5 See also

[edit] Localities

Rabindra Sarobar, earlier called Dhakuria Lake/Ballygunge Lake, an artificial lake, is on Southern Avenue. It comprises areas leased to several rowing clubs and cricket academies, a Safari garden, a virtually defunct children's park and play center (Lily Pool) an open air theatre Mukta Manch, swimming pool training centres, etc.

[edit] Landmarks

• Rabindra Sarobar or Dhakuria Lake; an artificial lake created when the area south of Kalighat was drained and new streets laid out by Calcutta Municipal Development Authority (CMDA).
• Birla Academy of Art and Culture
• Ramakrishna Mission Institution of Culture, Gol Park
• Lake Kalibari, still being constructed
• Indian Life Saving Society (ILSS), Kolkata, formerly called Anderson Club.
• Mukta Manch, Kolkata

One of the important places on the avenue is the Birla Academy of Art and Culture Museum which was established in 1966. Collections include paintings of the mediaeval period as well as modern art and some archaeological specimens. The Museum holds regular exhibitions of modern Indian sculptors and painters.

[edit] Restaurants

• The Grub Club Telephone: (033) 2464-5062
• China Bowl
• Indthalia
• Marco Polo

[edit] External links

[edit] See also