While Delhi’s street shopping gives the visitor a down-and-dirty feel for the city, Delhi also has some of the traditional markets.
Delhi, the capital certainly knows how to show the richness and diversity of India.
For instance, Chandni Chowk meaning moonlit night square was created by Jahanara Begum, Emperor Shah Jahan’s daughter as a beautiful shopping arcade facing the Red Fort. Here you will find a bustling market for wedding dresses, salwar suits & saree, wedding trousseau & beyond.
Hauz Khas, has a 13th Century water tank, a mosque, a tomb, and an Islamic seminary. The market in Hauz Khas is one of the plushest in Delhi .
Janpath near Connaught Place is a great place for street shopping. In addition to cotton tops skirts, palazzo pants, & stoles, one can shop for earrings, trinkets chains, handbags & artifacts. In the nearby Tibetan Market buying Tibetan masks, prayer beads & bowls is a unique experience – providing a one-of-a-kind souvenir.
Dilli Haat, an open-air market, with about 100 stalls set up by artisans & crafts persons from all over India, gives this market a noisy, colorful, and sensory experience. One can shop for Kashmiri carpets & pashmina stoles, handcrafted puppets, cotton dhurries, Rajasthani quilts, cotton salwar suits, silver jewelry & colourful jutis (ethnic shoes and sandals).
CP or Connaught Place has the iconic Cottage Industries Emporium & the State Emporiums in Baba Kharak Singh Marg that stock clothing, jewellery & handicrafts from all over India.
The Karol Bagh market in West Delhi is the go-to market for both wedding wear dresses, casual wear ethnic dresses & artificial jewellery as well.
If you are looking for party wear & bridal wear dresses, visit the South Extension market .
Khan market is a trendy market in South Delhi & is a shopping destination with book shops & coffee shops.
GK markets are sophisticated shops for Indian ethnic wear & causal wear dresses.
Delhi shopping has something for everyone from the budget shopper to high end luxury shopping.
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