as one travels from west to east , one first comes across akal garh market on the left which is a big retail market of clothes , then there is the girja ghar square from where branch off the books market and the old vegetables market , then there is sarafa bazaar ( the market of jewelers ) , meena bazaar ( in ancient times the residing place of concubines but now a wholesale market of grains and many other victuals , and near to it is the naoghara mohalla , where was born the martyr shaheed sukhdev thapar ) , basati bazaar ( a famous retail market of women accessories and cosmetics ) , gur mandi ( translating to jaggery market but in reality more of a market of electronic goods , it is here that a tragic fire broke out in the early 90s , when a blast took place in the firecrackers which were being sold here near the time of diwali , causing many a shopkeepers to mistake its noise for a terrorist attack and thereby pull down the shutters of their shops for safety , where they thus got entrapped to their ultimate demise as the fire spread and took a violent face , eventually leading to the death of more than hundred sons of the city ) , then there is also the saban bazaar ( translating to soap market , but here are sold hardware goods ) , bizli market ( electrical goods ) , pindi street ( medicines ) , lalu mal street and dal bazaar ( wholesale hosiery markets ) , khushi ram halwai and shankar halwai ( famous old shops of sweets ) , sita ram shop ( renowned for its namkeen snacks ) , babe da hatt ( delightful lemon soda ) , nathu mal ghuddu ram ( lip smacking gachchak and bhugga ) , and adding to all this and more , are the hawkers and peddlers here , who spend their days selling their goods on this long stretch , adding to the great hustle and bustle of activity which takes place in this traffic congested premises on a daily basis , in many ways thus , this place is the life spine of the city , imbibing in itself the various colors of its spirit in their different variegated hues .