Just about everything under the sun is available for the avid shoppers in Delhi. Handicrafts from all over the country silks, gossamer fine cotton, jewelery, pottery and terracotta, brass ware, ivory, rosewood and sandalwood cravings, paintings on cloth and canvas and exquisitely embroidered wall hangings, cushion covers and fabrics. You can pick up some excellent antique Indian artefacts at Sunder Nagar market, Central Cottage Industries Emporium on Janpath and even at the Tibetan Stalls on Janpath.
The Best Shopping Areas are : Cannaught Place, Baba Kharak Singh Marg, where all the State emporia are located, Central Cottage Inustries Emporium, Janpath, the stores near the Red Fort, Qutub Minar, Priya Cinema shopping arcade, Hauz Khas village and Dariba in Chandni Chowk.
The place to visit for fashion clothing is Heritage at the upmarket Handloom Emporium in South Extension, which stocks the beautiful creations of prominent Indian designers. It also stocks specialty fabrics, traditional silks, gorgeous sarees and shawls, for ladies; trendy ready-made, suiting, formals, causal and leisure wear for men and colorful fun wear for children.
The Sarojini Nagar Market and Lajpat Nagar/Central Market is the favorite haunt of young people looking for bargains on western clothes-- colorful skirts, shirts, blouses and avant- garde pantaloons and trousers.
Delhi Haat, near the Safdarjang Tomb is another wonderful shopping complex come quite recently as a permanent outlet for the work of artisans and craftsmen from all over the country. You can spend a lazy winter afternoon going through each stall and just enjoying the ambience of the Haat. Cuisines of different States can be savoured here and in the evenings invariably there is music and dancing.
Every Tuesday a bazaar springs up near the Hanuman Mandir in Cannaught Place. While long queues wait with their offering of flowers and coconuts for their favorite deity, women have a marvelous time buying as assortment of bangles- glass as well as metal, multi-colored 'bindis', both powdered and those that can be stuck on, and an assortment of other knick- knacks. Right round the year at Hanuman Mandir you can find young women who will apply 'mehandi' (heena) on the hands and feet in the most intricate designs. Brides to be and those celebrating a speical event in their lives line up for the decoration in heena.
The Best Shopping Areas are : Cannaught Place, Baba Kharak Singh Marg, where all the State emporia are located, Central Cottage Inustries Emporium, Janpath, the stores near the Red Fort, Qutub Minar, Priya Cinema shopping arcade, Hauz Khas village and Dariba in Chandni Chowk.
The place to visit for fashion clothing is Heritage at the upmarket Handloom Emporium in South Extension, which stocks the beautiful creations of prominent Indian designers. It also stocks specialty fabrics, traditional silks, gorgeous sarees and shawls, for ladies; trendy ready-made, suiting, formals, causal and leisure wear for men and colorful fun wear for children.
The Sarojini Nagar Market and Lajpat Nagar/Central Market is the favorite haunt of young people looking for bargains on western clothes-- colorful skirts, shirts, blouses and avant- garde pantaloons and trousers.
Delhi Haat, near the Safdarjang Tomb is another wonderful shopping complex come quite recently as a permanent outlet for the work of artisans and craftsmen from all over the country. You can spend a lazy winter afternoon going through each stall and just enjoying the ambience of the Haat. Cuisines of different States can be savoured here and in the evenings invariably there is music and dancing.
Every Tuesday a bazaar springs up near the Hanuman Mandir in Cannaught Place. While long queues wait with their offering of flowers and coconuts for their favorite deity, women have a marvelous time buying as assortment of bangles- glass as well as metal, multi-colored 'bindis', both powdered and those that can be stuck on, and an assortment of other knick- knacks. Right round the year at Hanuman Mandir you can find young women who will apply 'mehandi' (heena) on the hands and feet in the most intricate designs. Brides to be and those celebrating a speical event in their lives line up for the decoration in heena.
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