- Gole Market
thumb|Gole Market (Peshwa Road) Picture taken from roof of M.S.Flats
thumb|Gole Market (Peshwa Road, T-point) Picture taken from roof of M.S.Flats. The green area at the background is the central ridge forest.Gole Market is a middle-class locality in the heart ofNew Delhi ,India . A kilometre away from the commercial centre Connaught Place and two kilometers from the President's House and the Parliament House, it has existed in enviable proximity with the political masters of India. Also near Gole Market is the Marxist Communist Party Office CPI(M)HQ.It has schools, hospitals (Ram Manohar Lohia), gardens (Talkatora), avenues (Mandir Marg), markets (the most obvious one being Gole Market - the circular market sitting right inside a traffic island and Baird Lane Market), to complete the offering.
In the recent Delhi bomb blasts, the locality found itself in focus due to the proximity to the events as well as a rumored bomb going off.
Gole Market is every foodies delight.Dozens of quality eateries and sweet shops and bakeries. Should have around 20 bar-be-ques and chicken/meat shops.
Gole Market is a big market and at around every 10 metre you should be at either a sweet shop, an eatery, a bakery, a bar-be-que or a liquor outlet!!!
The Gole Market is an all rounder market with innumerable grocery shops, dozens of medicos, many cyber-cafes, and lots of every types of shops from photography studios to electrical shops to bookshops or stationery shops. Not to mention the novelties and cottage industries showrooms. For the well-heeled there is always the Metropolitan Hotel Nikko and there is Sagar restaurant and Galina, for those who could make do with quality affordable grub. Just recently Reebok opened a showroom opposite the Bata showroom and the famous Bangla foods outlet.
Transportation is not a problem from this colonial era market, busses are available from not more than a short walk to either the Shivaji stadium bus terminus (where you could also find a McDonald's outlet)and from the Bangla Sahib bus stop. Autorickshaws are available in plenty, especially because there is a CNG filling station nearby and cycle-rickshaws are available for short distances. There is also a petrol pump on Bhai Veer Singh Marg. The Delhi Metro is also accessible from here(R.K. Ashram Marg Station).
Gole Market also caters to the spiritual aspect of life with the following places of worship located remarkably close to each other namely:
Churches:
* Sacred Heart Cathedral, within the compound of which is the Archbishops House
* St. Peters Cathedral
* Church of North India
* Delhi Bible fellowship
* The Marthoma ChurchTemples:
* Laxmi Narayan Temple (Birla Mandir)
* Kali Bari Mandir
* Hanuman Mandir (C.P.)The Gurudwara Bangla Sahib, the place of worship of the Sikhs
There is also the newly built Morarji Desai National Institute of Yoga where one can rejuvenate oneself using the ancient Indian techniques of Yoga, Unani, Naturopathy and Ayurveda.
Gole Market is surrounded by schools. List of Schools in Gole Market
* ST. COLUMBA'S SCHOOL
* CONVENT OF JESUS AND MARY
* ST. THOMAS SCHOOL
* KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA GOLE MARKET
* KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA S.P.MARG (Now merged with KVGM)
* RAISINA BENGALI SCHOOL
* DTEA SCHOOL
* NDMC NAVYUG SCHOOL
* N P BOYS SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL
* N P BENGALI GIRLS SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL
* N P GIRLS SECONDARY SCHOOL
* UNION ACADEMY SCHOOL
* JAIN HAPPY SCHOOL
* HARCOURT BUTLER SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLExternal links
* [http://bbs.keyhole.com/ubb/showthreaded.php?Number=131090&page= Google Earth Link(KV Gole Market)]
The other Schools includeDayanand Model Public SchoolRainoor Paathshaala, Kaali BariNP Primary School
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