You will find variety in fabrics and handicraft items at
Cane'n'Bamboo
in Egmore. The products are from charity based craft cooperatives
and at prices even lower than most of the Emporiums.
If looking for the purest of silk while Shopping in Chennai,
then you will find a good collection of kanchipuram silks
at
Vardharams at Harrington Road in Chetput.
Co-optex
Emporium at Egmore sells Kanchipuram silks from their
own cooperatives.
Nallis is also famous not only in
Chennai but all over India for an exclusive range of pure
silk saris and textiles.
If Shopping in Chennai for clothes, shoes, ceramics and wide
range of toiletries and organic food items handmade by the
Auroville community,
Naturally Auroville at Khaddar
Nawaz Khan Road is the right choice.
SIPA'S
Craftlink at Kodambakkam High Road sells the products
like handicrafts, textiles and papier-mâché items at affordable
prices manufactured by the local artisans thereby supporting
them.
For an array of silk and cottons saris and fabrics, opt for
Pothy's at Usman Road. You can also purchase an amazing
range of diamond, gold and silver jewelry at
Lalitha Jewelry
and
Prince Jewelry.
If air-conditioned malls are your idea of Shopping in Chennai,
Westside at
Spencer Plaza in Anna Salai,
Life Style
at TTK Road,
Shopper's Stop at Harrington Road,
Globus
or
GeeGee Emerald Plaza at M G Road and
Saga Departmental
Store are the shops. Here you will fins a wide range of
famous brands of clothing, designer clothes, books, music,
children toys and accessories.
Raahat Plaza near Vadapalani
is one of the most attractive and orderly complexes in Chennai.
You will find ready made garments, books, toys, electronic
items, computers, music-related items, greeting cards, stationery,
supermarket etc here. A food mall is also located here so
that you can relax and have bite or two after shopping.
When Shopping in Chennai for books, CDs, cards and stationery,
visit
Landmark at
Nungambakkam or
Fountainhead
at Mylapore. The most popular bookshops are
Higginbotham's,
Book Point at Anna Salai and
The Bookshop at Spencer
Plaza.
The Giggles Bookshop at
Taj Connemara
hotel is also well stocked. The second hand books are also
found at roadside shops setup all along the Anna Salai in
the afternoon.
Shopping in Chennai is not complete without going around the
area of George Town and the Fort, which has retained much
of its unusual essence even in today's times. You will find
wholesale market here with one particular streets committed
to sell one particular type of merchandise in continuation
of the age-old tradition like
Anderson Street is known
for paper and paper products,
Bandrian Street for fireworks,
Devraj Mudali Street for Cosmetics,
Elephant Gate
Street for textiles,
Kasi Chetty Street for stationary
etc.
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