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only one of the largest flower markets
in India but also in Asia! On special
religious and festival days, the place is
especially abuzz with energy. One can
spot porters carrying huge baskets of
flowers and garlands, buyers and
sellers bargaining, and flowers being
sold in huge quantities.
By the time you arrive, the
market will surely be teeming with
vendors and buyers selling flowers in
myriad hues, shapes and sizes. A sea of
fiery orange marigold strung together
forming huge chains, bunches of lotus,
roses, sunflowers and all sorts of
flowers along with their distinctive
fragrances will greet you as you enter
the market. Vendors from the suburbs
take the earliest trains to Howrah and
march to the market with their flower
baskets heaped on top of their heads.
Many also live in makeshift shelters
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