Shopping in Rajasthan
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Navjyoti Tailors
Pushkar is a good place to get clothes made and a reliable option is Navjyoti Tailors.
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JG Art & Crafts
Abhay Kumar is the proprietor of this excellent store, which has a cheap and reliable international courier service, and all kinds of handicrafts and fabrics.
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Hari Om Jewellers
Following the famous footsteps of Hari Om, Roop Kishore Soni is a silversmith who makes delicate silver rings and bracelets. Visitors have commissioned personalised wedding rings here. There’s also a shop inside the fort, or visit this home address.
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Handloom House
This is a huge department store thronged with locals. Alongside some questionable clothes are mountains of fixed-price bandhani, silk saris and woollen shawls.
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Maharani Art Exporters
Maharani Art Exporters is one of the better bets for quality replica antiques.
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Sadhna
This is the outlet for Seva Mandir, an NGO set up in 1969 to help rural women. The small shop sells attractive fixed-price textiles; profits go to the artisans and towards community development work.
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Baiju Ayurvedic Beauty Parlour
Baiju Ayurvedic Beauty Parlour offers facials and Ayurvedic massages, as well as manicures, pedicures and waxings. It's near the maharaja's palace.
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Gallery Pristine
More showroom than gallery, this collection proves that Shahid Parvez and friends are the pick of Udaipur's rich crop of contemporary artists.
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World Wide Fund for Nature
In the large Manak Chowk (courtyard) outside the City Palace museum is the World Wide Fund for Nature shop.
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Abhivyakti
Run by the Urmul Trust, a local NGO supported by Urmul Dairy (which has an outlet next door), Abhivyakti sells textiles produced by skilled artisans from local villages. The profits of Urmul Trust labelled items go to the producers to help fund a girls’ college. The Urmul Trust welcomes volunteers.
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Kripal Kumbh
This showroom, in a private home, is a great place to buy Jaipur blue pottery produced with lead-free glaze by Kumud and Manakshi Rathore, daughters of renowned potter and painter, the late Mr Kripal Singh. Ceramics are sold from Rs100 (for a paperweight) to Rs20,000 (for a large vase).
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Anokhi
This classy boutique is well worth visiting, with high-quality textiles including block-printed fabrics and clothes. The pieces are produced just outside Jaipur at an unusually ethical factory built on the grounds of an organic farm. There’s also a neat little cafe on the premises.
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Dastkar Craft Centre
This place, 3km from the station, is worth a visit. The organisation empowers low-caste village women, who produce the attractive handicrafts on sale, including saris, scarves, bags and bedspreads. You can visit the workshop located beyond the park entrance near Khem Villas.
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Himalaya
For ayurvedic preparations, try this place near panch Batti, which has been selling herbal products and remedies for over 70 years. Staff can help you with a wide variety of ailments, including poor memory and hangovers, and even treatments for your pet.
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Rajasthali
This state-government emporium, opposite Ajmer Gate, is packed with good-quality Rajasthani artefacts and crafts on four floors. A good reason to visit is to scout out prices before diving into the bazaars.
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Nehru Bazaar
Nehru Bazaar extends between Chaura Rasta and Kishanpol Bazaar on the inside of the southern wall. Brightly coloured fabrics, camelskin shoes and perfumes make this area hugely popular with local women.
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Pratap Sons
This professional setup is perfect for tailor-made Western suits that somehow appear before your eyes, and pricey but glamorous salwar kameez (long dresslike tunic worn over baggy pants).
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New Jodhpur Tailors
This small tailor shop can make you a pair of jodhpurs (Rs1800) in preparation for a visit to the Blue City. Or you try a made-to-measure suit (Rs7000 to Rs15000) or shirt (Rs700 to Rs900).
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Fabindia
A great place to coordinate colours with reams of rich fabrics plus furniture and home accessories. As well, you can find organically certified garments, beauty products and condiments.
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Ratan Textiles
Popular with Indian shoppers, this is a 25-year-old design studio that specialises in interior decorations, with some very creative staff. It has a huge selection of blankets and linen.
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Juneja Art Gallery
Has some striking pieces of contemporary art by Rajasthani artists (prices from Rs500 to Rs50,000). There is another branch of the gallery, Artchill, at Amber Fort.
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Gandhi Darshan Emporium
A good khadi (homespun cloth) shop around town selling fixed-price carpets, shawls and woven garments is the Gandhi Darshan Emporium.
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Tripolia Bazaar
Home to an array of iron trinkets and kitchen utensils. Tucked away to the right is Maniharon ka Rasta, the domain of the lac (resin) bangle makers.
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Khadi Gramodhyog
Khadi Gramodhyog, almost hidden on the main drag, is a fixed-price shop selling traditional hand-woven shirts, scarves and shawls.
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Books Corner
A wide range of English-language books and magazines; sells the informative Jaipur Vision (Rs20) and Jaipur City Guide (Rs30).
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