Do you know about this all-night garments market in north Kolkata?

At the cross section of Acharya Prafulla Sarkar Road and Grey Street in north Kolkata, a night market — the Hari Das Saha Market — unfurls, bringing together vendors and sellers at one place close to midnight

Around 10pm on Saturday and Tuesday nights, vendors open shops and business goes about all night till 7am the next morning

Hari Das Saha Market was established in 1941. Locally it is known as Hari Saha Market or Harisha Market. It is Kolkata’s one of the cheapest and biggest wholesale markets for readymade garments

From womenswear, menswear to kidswear, the market sells garments at wholesale prices

The prices for kidswear start from Rs 15. However, one has to buy in bulk. The minimum number is six

The garments sold here aren’t branded, but locally stitched

The vendors here come from Basirhat, Canning and Bongoan. The customers usually are owners of shops in and around Kolkata

However, the sellers also get flying customers ahead of festivals like Eid and Poila Baishakh

While the buyers and sellers go about their business all night, they can also keep themselves fueled with food and drinks from the hawkers

One can reach Hari Das Saha Market from all major railway stations of Kolkata. The market opens at 10pm on Tuesdays and Saturdays and goes on till 7am the next day. In the morning, the wholesale market sells garments at retail prices