Shopping

Compared to many other cities in India, Bangalore is cheap for buying silk fabrics, handloom fabrics, garments, woolen carpets, sandalwood articles, rare antiques, gold and silver jewelry, perfumes and agarbathis. A few shopping centers in Bangalore are given below:

Commercial Street: 
For hosiery, textiles, woolen materials, garments, artware and novelties, druggets, jewelry, travel kits, sports and general goods. Kashmir Arts 'Emporium and other arts and crafts shops are situated here.

Mahatma Gandhi Road:
For radios, TV sets books and magazines, photograph material, silk sarees, textiles, garments and general goods. Shrungar shopping Complex, Barton Court Commercial Complex, Public Utility Building Shopping Complex, Spencer Super Market, Coir Board Show Room, Natesan's Antiquarts Show Room for gift articles, artifacts and antics.

Kidskemp (the largest children's wear shop near the Utility Building), 
Cauvery Arts & Crafts Emporium, 
Saree Kemp at 18, M.G.Road are some of the important shopping centers.

Brigade Road: 
For radios, TV sets garments, electrical appliances. Tamil Nadu Handicrafts are available at Poompuhar Show Room.

Residency Road: (Now renamed Field Marshal C.M. Cariappa Road): 
Gangotri, Uttar Pradesh Government Handicrafts (Ph: 5585055), show room, offering brassware, wooden furniture, jewelry, etc.. Mriganayani, M.P. Government Emporium (Ph: 5582495), 
Utkalika, Orissa Government Handicrafts Emporium (Ph: 5582744) and Gurjarl, Gujarat State Handicrafts Emporium (Ph: 5583425) near New Opera can be visited.

Kempegowda Road (City). 
For silk sarees, garments, children ware, textiles, Alankar Pearl Plaza Shopping Complex, Prabhat Shopping Complex, Janata Bazaar, Gupta Market, Sapna Book House, the largest show room of books at Thunga Complex (Opp. Tribhuvan Theatre) are in this area.

Avenue Road (City): 
For school and college books, stationary, paper silverware.

Chickpet (City). 
For silk sarees, gold and silver jewelry, cotton and woolen textiles (retail and wholesale), electrical goods.

Arcot Srinivasachar Street (City). 
For brass, copper and aluminum wares, bicycles, dyes and chemicals.

B.V.K. lyengar Road: 
For plywood, mirrors, paper electrical goods. Etc.

Silver Jubilee Park Road, Sri Narasimharaia Road and Jayachamaraiendra Road: 
For machinery, rexin / rubber / plastic sheets, automobile parts, Etc.

Sethu Rao Road (on the Western side of the K.R.Market): 
For betal leaves, arecanuts, coconut, fruit (retail and wholesale).

Sri Krishnarajendra Market: 
For fruits and vegetables,

Sultanpet   
For paper, visiting cards, wedding cards (wholesale & retail). For bananas (wholesale) - Corporation Building, Binnypet-2

Other Shopping Centers.

KALVANI, VICT Complex, Kasturba Road- 1. 
An exclusive showroom for products from small scale industries and tiny industries manufacturing household goods, handicrafts, garments, leather goods, etc.

Janata Bazaar and Shopping Complexes at Kempegowda Road (Ph: 2259268), Jayanagar, lndiranagar, Sadashivanagar, Banashankari, 3rd Block, Rajajinagar and Yeswanthpur.

Village Industries Products such as agarbathis, pure honey, processed fruit juice and fruit products, leather shoes and chapels, etc. are displayed and sold at Karnataka State Khadi & Village 1 industries Board Show Room, 10, Miller Tank Bund Road-52.

Shoppers Stop: 1712, Raheja Point, Ashok Nagar (Richmond Town)-25, Ph: 5548224. 
A Modern Departmental Store offering a variety of Indian and imported items.