Tamil NaduShopping

Other shopping in Tamil Nadu

  1. A

    Green Shop

    The Keystone Foundation runs the Green Shop, which sells honey and organic produce harvested by local and indigenous farmers.

    reviewed

  2. Poompuhar

    Thanjavur is a good place to shop for handicrafts and arts, especially around the palace. Numerous shops along Gandhiji Rd sell everything from quality crafts and ready-made clothes to inexpensive kitsch. For fixed prices and hassle-free shopping, try Poompuhar.

    reviewed

  3. Cottage Crafts

    Run by the voluntary organisation Coordinating Council for Social Concerns in Kodai (Corsock), here you’ll find goods crafted by disadvantaged groups, with about 80% of the purchase price returns to the craftspeople. There’s also a second branch on PT Rd.

    reviewed

  4. B

    Geethanjali

    The sort of place where Indiana Jones gets the sweats, this antique and curio shop sells statues, sculptures, paintings and furniture culled from Puducherry’s colonial, and even pre-colonial history.

    reviewed

  5. C

    Lakshmi Tailor

    Mamallapuram wakes to the sound of sculptors’ chisels on granite. There are lots of good art galleries, tailors and antique shops here. For clothes, we recommend Lakshmi Tailor.

    reviewed

  6. D

    Southern Arts and Crafts

    An expensive but beautiful curios culled from local homes at Southern Arts and Crafts.

    reviewed

  7. Gandhian Literary Society Bookstore

    The Gandhian Literary Society Bookstore is behind the Gandhi Memorial museum.

    reviewed

  8. E

    Shriji Art Gallery

    Nice prints and original art can be found at Shriji Art Gallery.

    reviewed

  9. F

    Libraire Kailash

    An excellent collection of titles, particularly coffee-table books, in French.

    reviewed

  10. G

    Higginbothams

    OK selection of contemporary English-language Indian and other fiction.

    reviewed

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  12. H

    Poompuhar Handicrafts

    Poompuhar Handicrafts has fixed-price crafts.

    reviewed

  13. I

    Spencer Plaza

    The best commercial shopping mall.

    reviewed

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  15. Pondy Cre’Art

    Local and European designers get their creativity going on here with leather handbags, handmade paper journals and the sort of clothes that look like they got caught between an Indian flea market and a Soho outlet.

    reviewed

  16. K

    Vibe

    Has a decent selection of books by Indian authors.

    reviewed