Ranganathan Street - One of the wonders of Chennai :)

It’s been eighteen months since I landed first in Madras. My stay in this city helped me explore several places in Tamilnadu. From Rameshwaram to Madurai, Tiruthani to Arunachaleshwar, Kanchi, Vellore and many other places. But I almost missed the most popular street of this wonderful city – Ranganathan Street. Now that I have come to fag end of my stay here, I thought I'll visit this street once before I move back to Hyderabad. And I must say the experience has been worth while :)
It’s quite an experience walking down this narrow street. A shopping experience that is second to none. It would be no exaggeration if I say the rich and lavish air conditioned shopping malls cannot match up to the most inexpensive shopping experience of Ranganathan Street. It seems there is almost nothing on planet earth that one cannot get here and that too at an unimaginable price. Vegetables are sold at an average of Rs10 to 15 per kilo whereas the market average is almost double of that.
If not for the blistering sun and typical humid atmosphere that we get in Chennai, I would have spent a lot more time there. Unlike the spacious malls, my daughter could get to see something new almost every inch. With people rubbing shoulders at every step coupled with noise, odour and heat, though tiring, its an experience that one would not want to miss J
I am sure almost every Indian city has a street of this kind. The one that can be considered as a one stop. But this one is certainly one the best I have seen so far.  I was searching for a pouch for my new phone which I did not get anywhere. Not even in the Spenser’s Plaza. But I got it in just a couple of mins in Ranganathan Street and that too for just Rs 40 J
The best way to reach this street is catch a train and get down towards T Nagar. The exit of the station lands you straight into this narrow and small street which is a world in itself. It seems as if the whole of Chennai is encapsulated into this single street. One would require a minimum of one hour to take a good walk down the street which is hardly few hundred meters and about ten feet in width. But at the end an hour, you would feel it’s an hour well spent.
If you ever visit Chennai...do not forget to visit this street. Ranganathan street nahi dekha tho kuch nahi dekha

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