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Simply the best selection of fabrics in Mysore if not the entire state. Overnight tailoring. Excellent product.
What to buy: Kahti (hand-loom) cotton and a huge range of silks.
What to pay: Very reasonable. RS1500 for four hand-tailored shirts (kurtas).
Updated Apr 4, 2011
Address: 75 D. Devaraj Urs Road
Phone: 9845588678
Noor's Incense and Perfume store is an absolute MUST when you visit the Night Market of Mysore. (This is the main fruit, veg and flower market which is enormous fascinating and very attractive). Noor's stall is in the middle aisle at the 'bottom end' of the market (near the apple and pomegranite sellers!).
Noor's family have been selling their own hand-rolled incense and perfume oils for three generations, and he offers amazing value for money - he will make you up ten x 10ml bottlesof your chosen perfumes, all packed into a locally carved brass-inlaid wooden box for 1,000Rps (about £14), and his incense sticks are great quality and very good value too.
He and his family are really friendly and genuine and will take time to go through all the fragrances with you if you wish. Don't be fooled by other stall-owners in the market who say they are related to Noor though, as they try to sell you diluted oils at higher prices!
What to buy: Hand-rolled incense and perfume oils.
What to pay: 2-5Rps per Incense stick / 100Rps for 10mls (700Rps for 100mls).
Updated Nov 17, 2010
Address: Stall 244 Devaraja Market
This is the best shop in Mysore for oils and incense. Everything hand-made there of the highest quality. The lady in the photo rolls 5000 incense sticks a day! Very reasonable prices.
What to buy: Safflower oil. Sandalwood oil.
What to pay: Less than the emporiums and better quality
Updated Dec 22, 2009
Address: 1169 Akbar Road
Phone: 918213204873
Website: mujeeb_masoom@yahoo.com
this is a government run shop and hence you can be assured of quality.you may find cheaper prices outside,but cannot be sure of the quality outside
What to buy: incense,soap suds,perfumes,garlands,figurines,statues,letter openers and other gift items.sandalwood items are a speciality here
Written Jan 25, 2009
Address: sayaji rao road,mysore
in lay wood is very famous in mysore.you could buy wall hangings,tables,corner stools,shelves,statues and other wooden handicraft items in these shops.
Ganesh handicrafts and suryani handicrafts are famous stores.
What to pay: one needs to be careful about the quality.one needs to bargain,but make sure you are getting the right quality.
Updated Jan 25, 2009
Address: dhanvantri road
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It is an official shop which sells at fixed prices. You don't need bargaining.
What to buy: Silk sarees, cashmire pashminas, table cloth, nice scarfs on the ground floor. All kind of statues big and small in wood, brass, copper, sandalwood, wooden boxes, jewelry, etc. on the first floor.
Updated Mar 3, 2005
Address: 73/1 Guest House Road, Nazarbad, Mysore
Phone: 2440047 2449608
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If you like to buy some souvenirs as there are sandalwood elephants, boxes, beautifully carved wooden boxes with or
ur without cupper engraving, don’t hesitate, take the opportunity. On top of the Chamundi Hill there are loads of vendors. The quality is good and the prices here are much lower than in the official shops. Don't forget the bargaining.
A tip : If you fall for some souvenir in some city, buy it without hesitation, you hardly or never find the same again in an other city.
Written Feb 21, 2005
He's selling sharp, natural color powder made of stone, plants etc.
We bought color powder, for gifts to send home, at this vendor in the exciting Devaraja market.
What to buy: Color powder
Updated Sep 17, 2011
Address: Shivarampet, Mysore, Karnataka, India
Huge selection and excellent prices.
What to buy: Decorative items
What to pay: Fixed prices - quite reasonable
Updated Apr 4, 2011
Address: 1160 Ramson't House
Phone: 91-821-2443669
A collection of shops with everything left behind by the Raj. Look carefully - especially the paintings.
What to buy: Lacquer-ware
What to pay: Reasonable - will bargain.
Written Dec 22, 2009
Address: 1215 B.N. Road
Phone: 441767
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