Jaipur
Shopping
The builders of Jaipur took special care to provide ample space and facilities
for the production and marketing of hadicarfts which made the place famous throughout
India and abroad. An entire street and several city sectors were earmarked for
artisans and traders. The mainmarkets are along Jauhari Bazar, Bapu Bazar, Nehru
Bazar, Chaura Rasta, Tripolia Bazar and M.I. Raod. Shops specialising in precious
and semi precious stones, ornaments and jewellery are to be found on and along
Jauhari Bazar.
Jaipur enjoys a high reputation for the manufacture of jewellery. It is one
of the most active jewel markets of the world and is famous for precious and
semi-precious stones and also for the cutting, polishing and setting of these
stone, particularly that of diamonds, topaz and emeralds. Jaipur brass work
is of immaculate quality. The Jaipur brass worker is successful in infusing
life like charm into the dull metal. Two kinds of work is done in Jaipur on
brass viz. Lacquered brass carved brass.
Jaipur enamel or Minakari, mostly done on gold and silver has always been a
class of its own. The Jaipur artist is renowned not nonly for the purity of
the colours, but also for its evenness. Jaipur is also famous for its textiles.
Sanganeri and Bagru block prints are the fashion designer's craze these days.
The Bandhej (tie and dye)print is very typical of the region. Near the Hawa
Mahal are large number of shops dealing in antiques and pseudo-antiques.
Some shops opposite Hawa Mahal stock the famous Jaipuri quilts, weighing from
a few hundred grams to a kilogram. The stone and marble carving industry is
also famous art of Jaipur. The stone used is either procured from within Jaipur
or from the marble mines of makrana, the famous quarry that provided all the
marble stone for one of the wonders of the world at Agra, the Taj Mahal. The
carvings, portraits and busts created in Jaipur are held in high esteem everywhere.
Shopping Arcade
Jauhari Bazar :
This
is where you can buy jewellery and tie and dye sarees. Two lanes joining the
mainroad Gopalji ka Rasta and Haldion ka Rasta house numerous establishment
selling jewellery. On the main road itself you find many silversmiths. Traditional
tie and dye fabrics and textiles are also available here.
Bapu Bazar and Nehur Bazar :
Here you can purchase textiles, local perfumes and shoes made of camel skin.
Mirza Ismial road
(M.I. Road) :
The broad thoroughfare houses a lrage number of emporia selling a variety of
goods ranging fromjewellery and brass work to textiles, to blue pottery, to
woodwork, etc. These shops stock a large variety of goods to satisfy the tourists'
needs.
Tripolia Bazar and Chaura Rasta :
You can shop here for textiles, untensils, ironware and trinkets. If you want
to see the artisans at work, step into the side lanes and see for yourself.
Shop at :
Ramganj Bazar for shoes or jutis as they are called. Kishanpol Bazar for tie
and dye textiles,
Maniharon Ka Rasta (Tripolia Bazar ) for lac bangles and other items,
Achrol House, Subhash Chowk for carpets,
Khajanewalon Ka Rasta for marble carving, and
Saganer village for block printing, hand-made paper and blue pottery.
Recommended shops :
Govt. Emporia : Handloom House, Rituraj Building, M.I. Road. Khadi Ghar , M.I.
Road
Rajasthan Handloom Project Board, Chomu House and at
M.I. Road. Rajasthanli, Rajasthan Government Handicraft Emporium, Ajmeri Gate,
M.I. Road
