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{{short description|Main radial road in New Delhi}}
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[[Image:CrossingJanpath.jpg|right|224px|thumb|View south while crossing Janpath on foot with care, 2006.]] [[Image:JanpathOfficeBuildings.jpg|225px|thumb|Commercial offices along Janpath, 2006.]]
'''Janpath''' (meaning '''People's Path''', [[British Raj
==Overview==
In the north this road stretches from the [[Connaught Place, New Delhi|Connaught Place]]. In the south it ends up at the intersection of [[Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Road]] and junction of South end road and [[Tees January Marg]], where Hotel Claridges lies.
Commercial offices can be found along Janpath, as its central location accounts for high real estate values. Also on the stretch are the Western Court and Eastern Court buildings, the former serves as a transit hostel for members of parliament, while the latter is a post office and Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd (MTNL) office.<ref name=bus04/> To the south of Rajpath, the road is
==Janpath market==
[[File:Shop1.JPG|thumb|Popular Shawl boutique in Janpath.]]
The Janpath market stretches around {{convert|1.5
[[File:Night view of Janpath, 2012.JPG|thumb|left|Night view of Janpath]]
The Janpath Market also has an abundance of walking [[vendor]]s who sell trinkets, such as necklaces, chunky jewellery, [[jooti]]s, handicraft items. drums, horns and postcards, particularly to foreigners, most of whom now know about the bargaining required.<ref>{{cite news|title=Foreigners throng Janpath market |url=http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/015200811161340.htm |
==Junctions & intersections==
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==Janpath Metro Station==
==Important buildings==
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* [[Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts]] (IGNCA)
* [[National Archives of India]]
* [[10 Janpath]], official residence of the former [[Indian National Congress|Congress Party]] president.
* Hungarian Cultural Centre, 1 Janpath
* Hotels: [[The Imperial, New Delhi|The Imperial]], Hotel Janpath, Le
* Restaurants: Beer Cafe, Pind Balluchi Janpath, CCD, 52 Janpath, Informal, Bunta Bar
* Central Cottage Industries Emporium
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==In popular culture==
In popular culture it became the title, of noted play, titled ''Janpath Kiss'' (1976).<ref>''The Janpath kiss'', by Akhileshwar Jha. Sterling Publishers, 1976.</ref> It is mentioned in [[Daniel Odier]]'s ''Tantric Quest, Encounter With Absolute Love'' (1996).<ref>{{cite web | url=https://es.scribd.com/document/536294294/Tantric-Quest-Encounter-With-Absolute-Love-Daniel-Odier# | title=Tantric Quest, Encounter with Absolute Love-Daniel Odier | PDF }}</ref>
==References==
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==External links==
{{commons category|Janpath}}
* [http://www.delhihelp.com/janpath-market-Shopping-article-48.aspx Janpath Market] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100131161946/http://www.delhihelp.com/janpath-market-Shopping-article-48.aspx |date=31 January 2010 }}
* [http://www.bharatonline.com/delhi/shopping-places/janpath.html Janpath Shopping]
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