Russell Market
A colonial-era market hall in Shivajinagar, built in 1927 and named after municipal commissioner T B Russell, with vegetable, fruit, meat and fish sections and busy wholesale and retail trade.
Why it’s worth it
To see one of the city's oldest working market buildings before its planned redevelopment changes it.
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