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While visiting Ahmedabad, the shoppers don't need to bother about shopping much as Ahmedabad offers something to suit everyone's choice and budget. Shopping in Ahmedabad can be a truly fun filled memorable experience which is promises to allure you to comeback or prolong your stay and catch up with the sizzling galore of shopping arcades or the over crowded old markets of Ahmedabad. Buying or browsing, whatever maybe your intention just wander through the numerous shops of Ahmedabad and spend a great time. Pottery in Ahmedabad is one of the most popular items for shopping and it is also the oldest handicraft in Ahmedabad.The pottery items in Ahmedabad have been accredited with high standards of excellence since the ancient times. The extremely talented potters of the villages create useful clay utensils which are often adorned by their wives with vibrant paintings and colorful lines. Terracotta toys forms another category of craft done by the potters of Bhuj, but the potters of the Aravallis and Chhota Udepur tribal lands make the eminently popular long necked terracotta figurines of the Gora Dev (tribal horse God) that are believed to protect crops, villages and families from evil spirits, evil intentions and natural calamities. The terracotta figures and colorful clay pots are affordable and one can buy them as souvenir for their near and dear ones. For those who want to gift something different can easily opt for mud wall hangings and plaques inset with mirrors. The famous C.G. Market in Ahmedabad is widely popular for beautiful pottery items. The most significant part of shopping in Ahmedabad consists of silk saris and Ahmedabad is famous for patola saris. But other popular shopping items in Ahmedabad also includes beautiful pottery items, Terracotta toys, dhurries, carpets, blankets and rugs woven on ancient pit looms in the villages of Bhuj.
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