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Punjabi Market Shopping - Punjabi Market Walking Tour

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Vancouver Shopping - Punjabi Market (Little India)
Punjabi Market Vancouver

Street signs let you know you've arrived!

Photo by Dana Lynch

Vancouver's Punjabi Market--also known as Little India--is a cultural and commercial focal point for Vancouver's Indo-Canadian community and one of the city's most vibrant shopping centres.

Packed with stores, groceries, restaurants, and boutiques, Punjabi Market is the perfect place to shop for fabric, Indian fashion and jewelry, gifts, religious murti, and Indian cooking utensils and ingredients.

It's also a great place to buy cheap meats (at Halal Meats and Poultry) and to have your eyebrows threaded (at Kohli's Mastercuts).

Located in the south Vancouver Sunset neighbourhood, Punjabi Market (Little India) stretches along Main Street from 48th Avenue to 51st Avenue. It's easy to get to by bus or by car, and there's plenty of free street parking for drivers--a rarity in Vancouver!

Map of Punjabi Market (Little India) Vancouver

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