Delhi is a melting pot of many peoples and cultures. Some of India’s best shopping is found in Delhi, a relatively easy place to shop as long as you know what to buy and where to go. Visitors find a wide choice of items such as carpets, silks, jewellery, leather and silver ware, handicrafts and hand printed cottons. Each item is available in a range of prices, depending on the quality and the outlet. Each of its markets has a distinctive ambience adding a special flavour to the experience of shopping.
In the Old city is Chandni chowk close to the largest mosque in Asia The Jama Masjid. Many of the shops here are over a hundred years old and the mesh of lanes and by lanes are full of treasures to be found. Among the bylanes are Dariba, the silver market, Khari Baoli, the spice market and Kinari Bazaar for trimmings and tinsel.
On Baba Kharak singh Marg, are government state emporia that offer a glimpse of handicrafts of each state. As does the Central Cottage Industries Emporium on Janpath. Across the road are a string of Tibetan shops selling accessories.
Hauz khas Village and Shahpur jat are traditional villages turned into shopping bazaars. The village has a plethora of boutiques, galleries and resturants in a “rural” ambience. Other villages like Mehrauli, khirkee and Lado Sarai have similar markets.
For export surplus garments including t-shirts, skirts, shirts, jackets and swim wear, sarojni Nagar market in South Delhi, is the ideal place- where bargaining is the norm.
