22.512270°N 88.356031°W 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

Kalighat

Kalighat is a locality of Kolkata, India. One of the oldest neighborhoods in South Kolkata, Kalighat is also densely populated and vibrant -- with a rich history of cultural intermingling with the various foreign incursions into the area over time....

.It falls under the posh Ballygunge area. It is a 3 k.m. long road with a centre boulevard that runs east to west from 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:...

 on the east to Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Road on the west touching 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...

 (near Lake Stadium) on its way..

Localities

Rabindra Sarobar

Rabindra Sarobar

Rabindra Sarobar is an artificial lake in south Kolkata in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is popularly referred to as the "Lungs of Calcutta"....

, 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 theater Nazrul Manch, swimming pool training centres, etc. Many prominent Roads either originate from or merge into Southern Avenue on its course either to its north or south, namely Keyatala Road, Jatin Bagchi Road, Lake Road, Lake View Road, Sarat Chatterjee Avenue, Lake Avenue, Lake Place, S R Das Road & Janak Road. Southern Avenue is dotted with beautiful private bungalows and several high rise apartments like 'Green View', 'Abhisarika', 'Ananda', 'Ashoka', 'Avenue House', 'Sarobar', 'Lake Towers', 'Arihant Garden' and the upcoming 'Fort Legend', to name a few. The lush green boulevard and tree lined sidewalks and the pristine surroundings of the lakes makes it a very sought after location in South Kolkata.

Landmarks

• Rabindra Sarobar
  Rabindra Sarobar
  Rabindra Sarobar is an artificial lake in south Kolkata in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is popularly referred to as the "Lungs of Calcutta"....
  
   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.
• Nazrul Manch, Kolkata
• Vivekananda Park
• Calcutta Rowing Club
  Calcutta Rowing Club
  The Calcutta Rowing Club, located in Kolkata, India, was founded in 1858 and is one of the oldest rowing clubs of its kind outside the United Kingdom.- History :...
  
  
• Bengal Rowing Club
• Lake Stadium
• AMRI Medical Centre
• Maruti Suzuki showroom "Auto Hitech"
• Medinova Diagnostic Centre
• Southern Plaza Hotel
• Menoka Cinema (on Sarat Chatterjee Avenue)
• Southern Avenue swimming club
• Nava Nalanda High School
  Nava Nalanda High School
  Nava Nalanda is a co-educational institution in South Kolkata, India, affiliated to the West Bengal Board of Secondary Education for Madhyamik Pariksha , and to the West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education for Uchcho Madhyamik Pariksha...
  
  

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.

Restaurants

• The Grub Club Telephone: (033) 2464-5062
• China Bowl
• Indithalia
• The French Loaf (on Jatin Bagchi Road)
• Marco Polo
• Mandarin
  Mandarin
  -Officials:* Mandarin , a bureaucrat of Imperial China , Vietnam, and by analogy, any senior government bureaucrat-Language:...
  
  
• Tandoor House
• Oceania
  Oceania
  Oceania is a region centered on the islands of the tropical Pacific Ocean. Conceptions of what constitutes Oceania range from the coral atolls and volcanic islands of the South Pacific to the entire insular region between Asia and the Americas, including Australasia and the Malay Archipelago...
  
   (Hotel Southern Plaza)
• The Silver Oak
• Casa Toscana (on Sarat Chatterjee Avenue)