Shopping

This open area imitates a haat (rural marketplace), where 200 little stalls form a permanent open-air arts-and-crafts market. It's a unique shopping experience, and the most authentic and affordable in Delhi. Dilli Haat offers you the opportunity to buy directly from rural artisans and craftspeople who are allotted space rotationally for 2 weeks, making this a great place to browse the variety of crafts from all over India, whether you are traveling farther afield or not. From Bihar's Madhubani art to silver jewelry and furniture, as well as unusual gifts and souvenirs or colorful linens and other furnishings, the range is exhausting, the prices excellent. If you are in Delhi in early December, be sure to check out the Master Crafts Fair (normally held Dec 1-15), where award-winning artists and craftspeople display and sell their work. Numerous food stalls serve food from all over India.

Presently known as Chatta Chowk Bazar or Meena Bazar, this bazar was earlier known as 'Bazar-e-Musaqqaf', the market with the 'saqaf ' meaning roof or 'Chatta Bazar', a roofed market. The Lahore Gate entrance of the Red Fort leads up to this market where there are innumerable little shops selling an assortment of goods that are typically Indian. Hand embroidered, sequined purses and dresses, strings of semi precious stones, decorative items of onyx, inlaid marble-topped tables, little boxes, pens and animal figures covered with minute pieces of mirrors and beads, silk scarves and stoles, pashmina shawls, sandalwood figures, handicrafts and much more are available at this fascinating place that draws one like a magnet. A unique gift you can take home with you is a key chain with a single grain of rice in it on which your name or the name of your loved ones have been deftly painted.

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Sundar Nagar Market has a few shops that house an amazing range of antiques, be it woodwork, metalwork or precious and semi precious stones and jewelry.

Dariba Kalan in Chandini Chowk is a veritable treasure trove for jewelry, especially silver jewelry and articles made of silver like tableware, decorative pieces, idols, etc. Also available here is traditional jewelry like kundan, meenakari and navratan works.

Delhi has a good range of specialized shops which deal with manufacture and repair of a wide range of musical instruments. These shops also sell song and music books.

Nehru Place it is if you want to buy computers or computer related accessories.This IT hardware market complex is the perfect place for finding gadgets at throwaway prices. A lot of pirated and original software is available here. Known as the hub of Asia's IT industry, this place can easily fool you so keep your wits about you when you purchase something or get something repaired.