The Pettah Market also called Manning Market is an open market in the suburb of Pettah in the city of Colombo, Sri Lanka.
The entrance to the Pettah Market is marked formally by a tall monument in the centre of a roundabout, known as the Khan Clock Tower which was built by the family of Framjee Bhickajee Khan, an eminent Parsi family from Bombay who used to have substantial business interests in the country and who also owned the Colombo Oil Mills.
The Colombo Old Town Hall & Museum, which was built by the prominent Muslim Arasi Marikar Wapchie Marikar, is located at Kayman's Gate, so named because the Dutch used to stock crocodiles at Beira Lake to prevent their slaves from escaping. Today the building acts as a post office on the ground floor, and as a museum on the upper floor. Outside, there is an exhibit of old steam engines.
Most of the businesses in Pettah are dominated by Muslim who specialize in trading of goods and the Tamil people who have migrated from India traders who specialize in gold and jewelry shops. At the end of pettah is sea street which is Sri Lanka s gold market where people all around Sri Lanka come to purchase jewellery . It is a long street of jewellery shops with hundreds of shops next to one another. There are also some jewellery shops in main street gaspa junction.
How to Reach?
From Colombo to Pettah Market 3.7km Far away. You can choose easy way to reach Pettah Market.
What You Can Do Here?
If you visit in Colombo, there are lots of things to do for your enjoying. If you travelling Colombo, you can visit beach, watch lotus tower, pettah floting market, shopping & many more.
Here is a long list of major things to do in Colombo Pettah Markets, Which the first time travelers can visit and experience.
Shopping in Maning Market (Pettak Market)
Pettah market is popuar place in Sri Lanka. There are lots of shops to buy things. Streets are reserved for each item here. ou can go to the relevant street and buy goods according to the item you want. That is the uniqueness here.
1. Main Street
On Main Street, Pettah, you can find assorted clothing stores. Some of these are the high-end ‘Ranjanas’ and ‘Visakamals’, but there are other stores with a variety of clothing that line the street.
2. First Cross Street
you’ll find hardy bags of every kind, from school bags to hiking bags, electric item ‘parts’ and electronic item ‘parts’, You will also find all manner of stationery and printing items.
3. Second Cross Street
you will find rolls upon rolls of cloth, from poplin, to muslin, to cotton and silk and even cheetha redi—all at very reasonable prices. Cosmetics like creams, powders, eyeliners and pencils, lipsticks, and perfumes.
4. Third Cross Street
you will also find cloth or various types and hues, as well as items such as scales and tools such as hammers, spanners, screwdrivers and the like.
5. Fourth Cross Street
you will find wholesale food items.
6. Maliban Street
you can find wedding invitations
7. Prince Street
more electric items, leather products and mirrors. On Keyzer Street you will find a further selection of cloth.
8. Bankshall Street
chemicals—borate, boric acid and chemicals used to treat water, as well as artificial flowers and other paraphernalia.
9. Old John’s Street
building material—sacks of cement, bricks, sand, asbestos sheets and the like
10. China Street
China Street is filled with ornaments and home decor, glassware and polythene.
11. Sea Street
particularly known for gold.
Watching The Jami Ul-Alfar Mosque
Perhaps the best-known architectural landmark in Pettah is the Jami Ul-Alfar Mosque, a striking red-and-white structure that’s one of the oldest mosques in Colombo; its iconic domes are said to be drawn from the round shape of the pomegranate.
Visit Lotus Tower
Lotus tower is one of main place in Colombo. You can here take photos, visit in there restaurant. Lotus Tower, also referred to as Colombo Lotus Tower, is a tower 350 m high, located in Colombo, Sri Lanka. It has been called a symbolic landmark of Sri Lanka
