Must-see shopping in The Western Ghats

  • Green Shop

    Ooty (Udhagamandalam)

    Run by Kotagiri's Keystone Foundation, this fair-trade, organic-oriented shop sells gorgeous tribal crafts and clothes (including Toda embroidery), and…

  • Re Shop

    Kodaikanal (Kodai)

    Stylish jewellery, fabrics, cards and more, at reasonable prices, made by and benefiting marginalised village women around Tamil Nadu.

  • Green Shop

    Coonoor

    Beautiful fair-trade local tribal crafts, clothes, fabrics and notebooks, plus organic wild honey, nuts, chocolates, soaps and teas.

  • Green Shop

    The Western Ghats

    The ecofriendly Keystone Foundation's shop has goodies for picnics (local chocolates, wild honey) plus lovely tribal crafts.

  • K Mahaveer Chand

    Ooty (Udhagamandalam)

    K Mahaveer Chand has been selling particularly beautiful Toda tribal and silver jewellery for nearly 50 years.

  • Potter's Shed

    Kodaikanal (Kodai)

    Perfect for pretty locally made mugs, bowls, plates and other pottery.

  • Higginbothams

    Ooty (Udhagamandalam)

    A well-known chain with a good stash of English-language books.

  • Mohan's

    Ooty (Udhagamandalam)

    A curious assortment of antique telephones, radios and clocks, along with shawls, jewellery and warm clothes.

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