Rashbehari Avenue
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Rashbehari Avenue is one of the most prestigious and important avenues of Kolkata
Kolkata
Kolkata , formerly known as Calcutta, is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal. Located on the east bank of the Hooghly River, it was the commercial capital of East India...

, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

. A major portion of this road is often commonly referred to as Gariahat, the prime shopping and aristocratic residential neighbourhood of south Kolkata. Rashbehari Avenue falls in the posh residential neighbourhood of Ballygunge.

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The Gariahat Market is located on Rashbehari Avenue and Gariahat Road
Gariahat Road
Gariahat Road connects Ballygunge Phari with Prince Anwar Shah Road and Raja SC Mullick Road near Jadavpur Police station on the southern part of Kolkata, India.-Localities:...

 Crossing (Gariahat Mor). It is best known for its fish offerings. The other three points of the crossing contains a collection of Indian sarees, and other items such as readymade garments, electronic gadgets. Besides the regular shops, there are the makeshift shops that crowd the sidewalks.

The main shopping area runs down to its intersection with Sarat Bose Road
Sarat Bose Road
Sarat Bose Road, previously known as Lansdowne Road is a 3.5 kms long stretch of road that connects Southern Avenue with AJC Bose Road , and is the road dividing two major localities of Ballygunge and Bhowanipore in South Kolkata.-Localities:Sarat Bose Road runs north to south almost parallel to...

 (Deshapriya Park) but mainly up to Triangular Park. Then it travels further west to meet Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Road (previously Russa Road) at Rashbehari Crossing (Rashbehari Mor) and heads towards Alipore
Alipore
Alipore is headquarters of South 24 Parganas district and a neighbourhood in South Kolkata in the Indian state of West Bengal.Alipore, Kolkata, not to be confused with Alipore, Gujarat, is one of the poshest and costliest localities in Kolkata, along with the area Ballygunge...

 via Chetla.

In the east, it meets the Eastern Metropoliton Bypass at Gold Park (Ruby Hospital). This extended part of it starts from the eastern flank of Bijan Setu. The Flyover over suburban railways at Ballygunge station till Ruby doesn't bear its original name, but is commonly called the Rashbehari Avenue Connector.

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The important traffic intersections from east to west are near Ekdalia (Ballygunge Station stop), Gariahat, Hindustan Park (Ballygunge area), Deshapriya Park (Sarat Bose Road), Lake Market and Rash Behari (Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Road).

The important roads that run immediately parallel to it are Southern Avenue
Southern Avenue
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 3 k.m...

to its south and Hazra Road (now renamed) to its north.
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