Must-see shopping in South India

  • Organic & Herbals

    Gokarna

    A fine selection of natural beauty products, including handmade soaps, health foods, tea and spices. Prices are very fair.

  • Kishkinda

    Karnataka

    Fair-trade shop selling handwoven textiles, banana-fibre products and other crafts made in and around Anegundi village.

  • Chimanlals

    Mumbai (Bombay)

    The beautiful traditional printed papers here will make you start writing letters.

  • Fruit vendor inside Crawford Market.

    Mangaldas Market

    Mumbai (Bombay)

    Mangaldas Market, traditionally home to traders from Gujarat, is a minitown, complete with lanes of fabrics – hip No-Mad Fabric Shop has even corralled a…

  • Fruit vendor inside Crawford Market.

    Crawford Market

    Mumbai (Bombay)

    Crawford Market is the largest in Mumbai, and contains the last whiff of British Bombay before the tumult of the central bazaars begins. Bas-reliefs by…

  • Lalbaug Market

    Mumbai (Bombay)

    You could buy your packaged-for-tourists spices at hassle-y Crawford Market; or, you could go where Mumbaikars go, which is this fragrant market in Dadar…

  • Mapusa Market

    North Goa

    The Mapusa market goes about its business daily except Sunday, but it really gets going on Friday morning. It’s a raucous affair that attracts vendors and…

  • Fabindia

    Chennai (Madras)

    This fair-trade, nationwide chain sells stylishly contemporary village-made clothes and crafts. Perfect for picking up a kurta (long shirt with short/no…

  • Herringbone & Sui

    Mumbai (Bombay)

    Two stories up a riveting teak stairwell, with vintage Minton tiles and art nouveau stained-glass windows, in one of Coloba's most astonishing mansions,…

  • Obataimu

    Mumbai (Bombay)

    Inspired by the Japanese on-duty sleeping idea known as inemuri, this high-concept, made-to-order shop does extremely comfortable designerwear hand-dyed…

  • Chamiers

    Chennai (Madras)

    On the ground floor of this popular cafe-and-boutique-complex, Anokhi has wonderful, East-meets-West, hand-block-printed clothes, bedding, bags and…

  • Fabindia

    Kochi (Cochin)

    This renowned fair-trade Indian brand has fine Indian textiles, fabrics, clothes, homewares, ceramics and natural beauty products, created using…

  • Bhuleshwar Market

    Mumbai (Bombay)

    One of Mumbai's most frenetic and fascinating, Bhuleshwar Market is an everything-and-the-kitchen-sink-type shopping thoroughfare hoarding everything from…

  • Niraamaya

    Kochi (Cochin)

    A world of soothing pinks, greys and oranges, Niraamaya sells ‘ayurvedic’ clothing, accessories, homewares and yoga mats – all made of organic cotton,…

  • Lulu Mall

    Kochi (Cochin)

    India's largest shopping mall, Lulu is an attraction in its own right with people coming from all over to shop, hang out in the food courts or cinema, or…

  • Fabindia

    Bengaluru (Bangalore)

    Hugely successful chain with a range of stylish traditional clothing, homewares and accessories in traditional cotton prints and silks. Quality skincare…

  • High Street Phoenix

    Mumbai (Bombay)

    High Street Phoenix, one of India's first and largest shopping malls, and its mall-within-a-mall, the luxury-oriented Palladium, is an indoor/outdoor…

  • Nappa Dori

    Mumbai (Bombay)

    This very hip designer-leather shop from Delhi features a near-all-India lineup of carefully curated wallets, passport holders, truck-style travel cases,…

  • Geethanjali

    Puducherry (Pondicherry)

    The kind of place where Indiana Jones gets the sweats, this antique shop sells sculptures, carved doors, wooden chests, paintings and furniture sourced…

  • Fabindia

    Puducherry (Pondicherry)

    Going strong since 1960, the Fabindia chain stocks stunning handmade, fair-trade products made by villagers using traditional craft techniques, and…

  • Le Mill

    Mumbai (Bombay)

    This newer concept store is the brainchild of two French fashionistas, who have curated a potpourri of international and Indian designers to fill the hip…

  • Hill Road Market

    Mumbai (Bombay)

    Though not one official market, the street stalls and shopping arcades between Marks and Spencer and St Peter's Church offer a cornucopia of bargain…

  • Anokhi

    Kochi (Cochin)

    Fabulous hand-block-printed dresses, kurtas, skirts, bags and shirts in floaty fabrics blend Indian and European design at Anokhi, a Jaipur brand famous…

  • Phoenix Market City

    Chennai (Madras)

    Chennai's newest, most luxurious shopping mall hosts all the big-name Indian and international brands and chains, from Chanel and Zara to Bata, Lifestyle,…

  • Other India Bookstore

    North Goa

    This friendly and rewarding little bookshop, at the end of an improbable, dingy corridor, specialises in books about Goa and India with a focus on…

  • Fabindia

    Kovalam

    Stock up on hand-embroidered, block-printed or dyed kurtas, dresses, trousers and scarves, plus bags, beauty products and homewares at India's favourite…

  • No Borders

    Mumbai (Bombay)

    This top-end shop occupies the former studio of fashion designer James Ferreira, located inside his 200-year-old Kotachiwadi bungalow. It curates designer…

  • Filter

    Mumbai (Bombay)

    Designer tees (eg 'Hipsters Prefer Kala Ghoda'), graphic prints, framed original 1940s' textile labels and other South Mumbai–centric art and design…

  • Bombay Store

    Mumbai (Bombay)

    A classy selection of rugs, clothing, teas, stationery, aromatherapy products, brass sculptures, toy wooden rickshaws and, perhaps most interestingly,…

  • Zaveri Bazaar

    Mumbai (Bombay)

    Wander the narrow lanes of Mumbai's jewellery market in search of gems, jewels and gold – 65% of India's gold trade emerges from here. Notable jewellers…

  • Chumbak

    Bengaluru (Bangalore)

    This homegrown company specialising in Indian kitsch has spread its wings to a new location at Orion Mall. Find a spark of colour in every corner of the…

  • Goa Animal Welfare Trust Shop

    South Goa

    The Goa Animal Welfare Trust shop, next door to Leda Lounge, is a charity shop with secondhand books and souvenirs. All proceeds go toward helping out Goa…

  • Amethyst

    Chennai (Madras)

    Hidden away in a revamped warehouse surrounded by tropical greenery, Amethyst stocks luxury Indian fashion with ultracolourful contemporary flair…

  • Mangatrai Pearls

    Hyderabad

    This business has been in operation for five generations and stocks cream, golden, white and black saltwater pearls from across the globe. A string of…

  • Municipal Market

    Panaji

    This atmospheric place, where narrow streets have been converted into covered markets, makes for a nice wander, offering fresh produce, clothing stalls…

  • LM Furtado & Co

    Mumbai (Bombay)

    The piano-and-keyboard showroom of Mumbai's top musical instrument shop, whose guitar and stringed instruments are found around the corner at BX Furtado &…

  • 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…

  • Fabindia

    Chennai (Madras)

    Founded in support of traditional village crafts, the nationwide Fabindia chain stocks elegant textiles, fabrics, linens and clothes in all kinds of…

  • Khadi India

    Panaji

    Goa’s only outpost of the government’s Khadi & Village Industries Commission has a fine range of hand-woven cottons, oils, soaps, spices and other…

  • Swiss Happy Cow Cheese

    North Goa

    Homesick for good cheese? Artisanal Swiss and French cheeses, including brie and feta, are made on-site here by a Swiss cheesemaker using local cow,…

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