Agra Shopping

After you've visited Agra Fort, maybe the Baby Taj and (of course), the Taj Mahal, you'll understand one thing. Agra = Marble work. There are a plethora of fine shops in the Agra area offering incredibly beautiful marble items, featuring the same precious and semi-precious stone inlay work for which the Taj Mahal is so famous.

We visited a shop called Kalakriti, and it was a classy and reputable place. One of the problems visitors sometimes face when buying higher-end art and crafts in India is to find a shop that is dependable in both their pricing policies and delivery options. Kafakriti, recommended to us by our trusted and terrific guide Rajiv, is such a store.

If you are looking for any marble work, be it a large table top, maybe an end table, or even just small jewelry boxes - all with the impressive local marble and inlay craft in evidence - this is a good place. WE loved the table tops, but were a bit intimidated by the prospect of shipping something home that weighs hundreds of pounds. In the end, we did purchase a lovely little marble jewelry box, inlaid with peacock designs featuring a deep green, blue, gold and red stone(s) patterns. Very nice.

We also took a chance to examine their fine selection of quality jewelry. If you'd like to shop for fine gold and silver rings, necklaces, earrings.... then, you'll have a lot to choose from. In my opinion, the prices were reasonable as well. I'm sure you could find something cheaper somewhere in Agra, but... you wouldn't necessarily have the confidence in dealing with or perhaps having something shipped home with "lesser shop".

As with most of these craft shops, there are areas in which you can observe and appreciate the artisans crafting the treasures being sold. I have to tell you, after seeing the work necessary to inlay marble.... I would have charge 20 times what the store was charging.

Kalakriti is a unit of the Oswal Traders and Travels group.

marble treasures, inlay work. Lots of jewelry options, as well as an extensive carpet selection. I found a better selection and price on carpets in Jaipur, later in our trip. (just for your information)

IMHO, THE thing to look at in the Agra area is marble.

Depends on what you buy. Table tops are generally $800-1200 US or so. Smaller ones are less. There are small marble items for less. The little box that we bought was something like $80 US or so. Just a little something for our mantel back home.

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