Little India
Lebuh Pasar, George Town, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia
Covering an area around Lebuh Queen, Lebuh Chulia and Jalan Pasar (Market Street), Little India in the city of George Town, Malaysia, is an ethnic Indian enclave. The oldest Hindu temple in Penang, Sri Mahamariamman Temple is located here. This area bears many similarities to market streets in Chennai, Mumbai or Delhi. It location at the centre of Penang Heritage Zone and nearby Penang’s main finance centre, Beach Street make it one of the most famous and notable shopping spot in Penang among local and tourist.L ittle India is also famous for Malaysian Indian Cuisine.It also serve as main commercial and cultural activities of Penang Indians. The place becomes more lively during festival times like Deepavali, Christmas and Thaipusam
The Little India is also main business district in Georgetown,Penang. Various Indian related business can be found here. Although, majority of business here were owned by the Indian there also small number of Chinese owned shop. There are many Indian fashion store (Mainly in Market Street), they sell mostly saree, silk and cotton, almost anything that has the essence of India.Traditional costumes, spices,precious gold and costume jewelry which use semi-precious gems are widely sales by the most of the shops. There also large number of restaurant and cafe which sales Indian culinary and western foods. There are also music video stores with the latest Bollywood movies and songs. A significant number of hotel, mainly budget hotels also can be founds.
Majority of building in this area were pre world war shop buildings. There also large number of Indian and Chinese influence buildings around the Little India. Notable skyscraper in Little India were the Sentral Building (Menara Sentral) which home the Penang Sentral College. The most famous architecture in Little India are : Sri Mahamariamman Temple and Khoo Kongsi
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Getting there : You can get to Georgetown from Penang Airport by taxi or by Rapid Bus Penang. Then, hop on a trishaw in Georgetown to reach Little India. It costs around RM1.50 per kilometer.
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