|
Shopping in Puri is truly an amazing and wonderful experience. The city is filled
with a large number of shops, markets and shopping arcades offering a wide variety
of items which will certainly cater to all kinds of needs of its travelers.
Puri is a very popular city of Orissa. The fabulous city of Puri has rich tradition
of handicrafts. Being a place located on the coast of the sea, shells and oyster
are available in profusion. The world-class craftsmen make some extremely beautiful
artifacts out these shells and oysters. A variety of fabulous decorative showpieces
are definitely one of the popular items which the visitors usually buy while
shopping in Puri.
While shopping in Puri the women love to pay a visit to the shops displaying
weaving sarees. Weaving saris is one of the popular traditional craft of the
state of Orissa. In the city the visitors will come across numerous shops dealing
in textiles. The saris displayed in these shops are really very exquisite. The
visitors can buy Bomkai, Passapali and ikat saris.
Palm leaf paintings are the other popular items which the visitors usually buy
while shopping at Puri. These wonderful items are mostly bought by the people
to ornate the interior of their rooms or people usually keep it in their home
as souvenir. Patta Chitra is the other popular shopping items in Puri.
Stone crafts and silver works are also preferred products for shopping in Puri.
There are many shopping destinations in Puri ranging from private shops to government
run shops. The visitors can also go for shopping from the colorful stalls set
up by the local vendors. It is always advisable to do a bit of bargaining in
these venues. The popular markets areas are of Puri include New Marine Drive
Road, Swarga Dwar area, Grand Centre and other places.
Puri is considered as the heaven for the shoppers. The fabulous shops with
their good quality products and reasonable rate will surely make shopping in
Puri a pleasant experience. Shopping is definitely one of the major things to
do in Puri.
|
