No trip to Delhi is complete without a visit to Connaught Place or CP as it is popularly called. Built in 1931, this circular, colonnaded market, characteristically painted white, is a store house for everything that is Indian. There is nothing that one cannot buy here. The shops which form an inner circle and another outer circle, are interspersed by several eating houses, both fast food joints like Mc Donald’s and Subway, to the most cozy restaurants where you can have an intimate lunch or dinner with your loved ones. Being the central business district of the capital, Connaught Place also houses the head offices of major banks, airlines, tour operators, plus a number of cinema halls. CP is the perfect place to while away your time as you stroll through the area, window shopping or just people gazing.Tourists are drawn to this shopping arcade and visit it repeatedly, if for nothing but its architecture and its representation of a very cosmopolitan city.
Connaught Place is where you will find swanky showrooms selling clothes of international and local brands, footwear and leather goods, jewelry (gold, diamond,silver, semi-precious stones), sports goods and equipment, books, curios, handicrafts and gift items, silk material and silk garments, furnishings, crockery and lots more.
Apart from the regular shops, there are a number of mobile shops that have sprung up on the side walks and between the solid, white pillars. Some of the more noticeable ones are the book stalls, stalls selling cheap trinkets, belts, sunglasses, rustic embroidery and handicrafts, posters with whacky messages and quirky one -liners, etc.
Some of the famous shops located here are:
Jainsons
Address: E 9, Connaught Place, New Delhi 110001
Timings: Mon-Sat, 11 to 8
Contact: 91 11 2341 8968 / 5133 / 6380
Greenways Sarees
Delhi largest saree showroom, Gadwals, Kanjivarams, Banaras, Rajkots All types of Sarees are available here.
E-20, Connaught Place, Cannaught Place
Delhi (U.T.), India
Phone : +(091)-(11)-23416359, 23415750
Nalli Silk Store
Best of traditional south Indian silk saris, south cotton and dress material is available here.Traditional wear for men is also available. Every customer is treated as a special guest.
P-7/90 Connaught Place
New Delhi-110001
Tel: +91 11 2374 7154
Giggles
The famous gift store which also has beautiful greeting cards for all occasions.
E-24, Connaught Place
New Delhi 110001
Tel: +91 11 332 8139
M/s Dev Crockery Store
A one-stop shop for crockery, cutlery, glassware, electrical appliances, and presentation articles, copper artsware and all types of kitchenware.
B 26 Connaught Place
New Delhi 110001
Tel: +91 11 2332 2736
+91 11 2372 3315
Elite Jewelers
(Estd in 1942)
23 B Connaught Place
New Delhi 110001
Tel: +91 11 2332 2624
+91 11 2332 3092