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Market :-

Products :- Gifts and Handicrafts  Handicrafts  

Days Closed :- Sunday

Timing :- 9am to 9pm

Phone :- +91 4424640376 / 24953820

Address :- Old No. 10 New No. 14 Kapaleswarar Kapaleswarar Sannadhi, Street, Mylapore, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600004

Landmark :- Near kapeleshwar temple

Parking :- Roadside Parking

Bus/Metro :- Kapeleshwar Tank Bus Stop

Price Range :- Moderate

Payment Methods :- Cash and Card

Puja Articles in Giri Trading Mylapore

First of all, Giri Trading is a shop close to the Kapaleeshwara Temple in the Mylapore Shopping Market in Chennai. The shop is also known as Giri Brothers.  Buy an aarti plate ( Aarti is performed after setting fire to camphor usually as the last step of puja)  a brass lamp or a brass idol if it is of interest to you. They are all available in this shop.

This  is a shop that specialises in puja items and brass and bronze items .It is certainly one of its kind in the market.

Brass Lamps at Giri Trading

Situated right outside the Kapalishwara temple precincts, the location of  the shop is unbeatable.

This is a hugely popular Chennai shop for products that are used in everyday household worship. This is a four storied building with a vast collection of items that will astonish even the most ardent devotees. Brass lamps in a variety of shapes and sizes are displayed very prominently. Lighting oil lamps is a widely prevalent practice in South India. Incense sticks, agarbathis, kumkum, sandal powder, mehendi (hand coloring), paper garlands, Kolam (floor design) stickers and all that you can ever think of are available here .

Gift Items@Giri Trading Mylapore

Further, the first floor has idols of Indian deities ,gifts and decorative items in brass.

The prices range from Rs 2000 to Rs 5000 per piece.  Hanging lamps, standing lamps in very artistic shapes, bells and conches are very cultural and also appealing.  In addition, they have a whole floor dedicated to religious texts and mythology books and comics for children. The fourth floor is dedicated to music cassettes.  Also, recordings of the Vedas (ancient Hindu scriptures), and traditional and devotional songs in Tamil and other Indian languages can be found here.

Golu Dolls @ Giri brothers

Finally ,During the time of Navratri,Golu (mud dolls) are displayed in homes in Chennai. This shop has a fantastic collection of the Golu dolls. Dolls from the Ramayana & the Mahabarata to the modern times are on display in the store. In addition, they also display the dolls in  wooden planks. Further, the wooden planks to display the dolls are also available here.

This is a one stop shop for shopping in Chennai for religious products.

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