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Rarh · Middle & Lower Gangetic Plain

दुकानें और बाज़ार

The Shaktigarh langcha stripShaktigarh, Purba Bardhaman

Langcha, sold hot from dozens of adjacent shops

A stretch of the Grand Trunk Road where the entire local economy is one sweet. Buy from a shop with a fryer working rather than a display counter.

The Bardhaman sweet shops on BC RoadBardhaman

Sitabhog and mihidana

Both sweets carry geographical indications and both are sold by weight in unbranded boxes. Sitabhog keeps for a day or two; mihidana keeps longer.

Amar KutirBallavpurdanga, near Bolpur

Santiniketan leather, kantha, batik and dokra

A cooperative society growing out of the Sriniketan rural reconstruction tradition, and the most reliable place to buy the region's crafts at prices that reach the maker.

Sonajhuri Khoai HaatSantiniketan

Craft, textiles, Baul performance and tribal jewellery

A weekly market held in the eroded khoai among the sonajhuri trees, on Saturday afternoons. It has grown substantially and now runs on more days; the Saturday market is still the original.

Charida mask workshopsBaghmundi, Purulia

Chhau masks, both performance-weight and decorative

Buy from the households making them rather than from a roadside stall. Ask for a dance mask if you want the real weight and construction.

Panchmura potters' villageTaldangra, Bankura

Bankura horses, elephants and terracotta plaques

Fired in open kilns at the village, so seconds and irregulars are available cheaply and are often the more interesting objects.

The Bishnupur weavers' clustersBishnupur

Baluchari and Swarnachari sarees, Bishnupuri silk

Cooperative showrooms and individual weaver households both sell direct. A genuine Baluchari takes days on the loom, and a price that seems impossible usually is.

Rarh की मशहूर दुकानें, बाज़ार और कारख़ाने, और हर एक किस चीज़ के लिए जाना जाता है। (7)