Mumbai's streets, corners and pavements are lined with shops and virtually anything you want is available in parts of its famous bazaars and markets. Shopping in Mumbai was a magnificient experience where one will get an opportunity to know about the city. In Mumbai's retail stores, you'll find interesting cotton dhurries (rugs), Maharashtrian brasswork, blackwood furniture, Rajasthani dolls, block-printed bedcovers and hand-made, environmentally friendly paper. Keep your eyes peeled for textiles decorated with the distinctive Warli tribal designs. Indian leatherwork is made from buffalo-hide, camel or goat. The centre of Mumbai's noxious leather industry is in Dharavi, where goods sell for half the price they do in slick city centre stores. With a bit of sifting, you can also pick up decent belts and wallets from the stalls along Dr D Naoroji Rd. It's still worth a stroll along Dhabu St in Kalbadevi, though it's not the centre for cheap leather goods that it once was.
Chor Bazaar : It is believed that the original name of Chor Bazaar was shor Bazaar or the Noisy Market, that aptly described the yelling and shouting of the local traders on Mutton Street while selling their second hand house hold goods.
Crawford Market : Crawford market is famous for flowers, fruits, meat and fish. The place is worth capturing on camera. Crawford Market was named after the city's municipal commissioner Arthur Crawford. Cowasji Jehangir donated the building, completed in 1869, to the city.
Zaveri Bazaar : Zaveri Bazaar is the main retail centers for gold and diamonds, and nearby Pydhoni for silver. It had excellent Jewellery that was upto the mark and had international quality. There's plenty of shiny stuff available.
Fashion Street : The street is frequented by people for cheap clothes. Kemps Corner, Warden Road, Breach Candy and Napean Sea Road are the ideal places for glamorous, trendy and costly items. There's a cluster of hip boutiques on Bhulabhai Desai Rd at Kemp's Corner, wedged between the flyover and the junction with Nepean Sea Rd. Pieces by Indian designers sell here for half the price of off-the shelf gear back home. The clothes are trendy and western oriented, but with a healthy dash of local style thrown in. |
