10 Best Markets in Indore for Shopping

Indore belonged to the Holkar dynasty. It is the largest city of Madhya Pradesh known for its historical structures and was centuries ago found to be a trading hub between the Deccan and Delhi. Today it is the commercial city of Madhya Pradesh surrounded by industrial areas. Indore has a well established biggest cloth market industry. It is well known for it’s zari work and Maheshwari & Chanderi  sarees. There are several best shopping markets in Indore selling traditional as well as trendy modern clothes, local handicraft items, leather articles and so on. Besides, several shopping malls, supermarkets, local markets and street markets in Indore offering variety of items at subsidised rates are flooded with locals and tourists for shopping purpose. From the biggest list of markets in Indore here are the top 10 markets that we all can explore.

1. MT Cloth Market

MT Cloth Market in Indore was started during the reign of Holkars and thus named as Maharaja Tukojirao Holkar cloth market. It is the popular wholesale market in Indore for clothing. This market is full of shops mostly owned by manufacturers and wholesalers. They have wide variety to offer at wholesale rates. Looking for handloom, zari work fabric and other attractive and superior quality fabrics MT cloth market is the perfect choice. You will also find many wholesale shops of ladies attractive designer garments like kurtis, salwar suits etc.

There are many shops selling traditional sarees of Indore. The attractive design, colour and quality attracts maximum ladies to this market for shopping. Whether there is a function or  any other occasion ladies prefer shopping in this market as  they get variety of good quality guaranteed stuff at reasonable price. Bargaining is very important in this market, especially for those interested in purchasing clothes or fabrics in large quantity and at lower price. You will find this market always crowded with people purchasing wholesale clothes and materials, bargaining with vendors and getting them at very less rate. Great business is done by vendors of this market. Thus this market benefits and satisfies both the seller and the buyer.

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2. Sitlamata Bazar

Sitlamata Bazar a retail cloth market in Indore is well known for traditional Maheshwari and Chanderi sarees and other several varieties of sarees with zari work.  You will also find many shops selling other Indian wears, and  variety of high quality  fabrics of attractive colours with embroidery and chikan work. It is the best market in Indore for shopping magnificent clothes of superior quality fabric and attractive colours and design for  wedding and other important functions. People also visit this place for shopping wedding jewellery. Ladies visiting this shopping place are sure to purchase more than one attractive sarees with  beautiful zari work.

3. Khajuri Market

Khajuri market has wide variety of different types of books and stationery. Therefore it is considered to be the best local markets in Indore for buying school books, college books, management books, novels, magazines and various other books and stationery items. There are many wholesale shops of notebooks and stationery items. Second hand books are also available in some shops. All type of books in different languages written by different authors are available here. This market is usually visited by college children and school children along with their parents as they get all the required books as per their choice at reasonable rate.

4. Sarafa Bazaar

Sarafa Bazaar is one of the well known markets in Indore which is a jewellery market during day time and an awesome street food market in the evening that continues till late night. The entire market is divided into two ie. Bada Sarafa Bazaar and Chhota Sarafa Bazaar. In the jewellery shops you will find both modern and traditional jewellery with popular meenakari design. They are pure and of superior quality. The jewellery shops in this bazaar  has awesome collection of beautiful jewellery design that can be hardly found in any other place in Indore.

In the evening the entire bazaar is very busy, crowded with people shopping as well as eating the mouth watering Indian sweets offered by the street food stalls like jalebi, malpua, rabri, gulab jamun, basundi and kulfi. In many other stalls bhutte ka kees, dahi vada, chaat, shikanji, khopra patties and many more tasty items are available. Not only for locals but also for tourists it is the best markets to visit in Indore for tasty snacks and delicious Indian sweets. As this market is open till late night you will see people visiting this market at late hours to enjoy the variety of delicious items i.e., sweets, snacks, etc. served here.

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5. Heritage Market

Heritage market is considered to be one of the famous markets in Indore consisting of wide range of
big showrooms of branded companies. Bargaining is not possible in these popular showrooms like Nike, Lee, Arrow, Van Heusen, Allen Solly, Grasim, Woodlands and many more that are a part of heritage market. Tourist and others in search of branded and latest designer wear can visit these showrooms and surely they will be fascinated by the varieties offered here. Though expensive it is worth the cost.

6. Tibet Market

The tibet market in Indore comes with its excellent winter wear collection during winter when the temperature falls in the city. The refugees from Tibet sell woollen clothes in this market which is their only source of livelihood.  In this market you can shop winter wears in large quantity at a very reasonable price. Varieties of woollen clothes that can protect us from cold like  jackets, sweatshirts, sweaters, mufflers,monkey caps, long woollen shrugs, trendy pochu colourful winter wear for kids are available here. This market is very busy and crowded during winter season when people from different areas in Indore come for shopping winter clothes. Sales of winter clothes are high in this market in winter season.

7. Kothari Market

Kothari Market is considered to be a unique market of Indore. This market have several shops that sell different kinds of goods like cloth shops that  offers variety of fabrics, readymade clothes etc., a cosmetic shop, shops selling electronic items, footwear shop, toy shop, a saree emporium offering attractive and beautiful good quality sarees. Locals and people from other areas visit this market as they can purchase all the essential goods at less rate. If you have bargaining skill then you are completely benefitted as you will get the item of your choice at a very reasonable price. So, Kothari market is also said to be one of the cheap markets in Indore. Beside there are food stalls that serve tasty chaats, pani puri, bhel Puri, etc. This market is always crowded, so parking vehicles is a big problem. Overall this market has everything to offer from clothes to household items, and that too the rates are within our budget. So shopping in this market is convincing and satisfying.

8. Topkhana Market

For wide range of readymade clothes, versatile Indian jewellery, amazing collection of handicraft items, leather toys, terracotta idols, wooden articles available at reasonable price one can visit Topkhana one of the best markets in Indore. Besides there are shops that sell good quality materials or fabrics that can be purchased and beautiful apparels of your choice can be stitched.

9. Moolchand Market

If you are looking for the main markets in Indore for shopping the best ready made clothes for your kids visit Moolchand market  an ideal place. This market has many readymade garments shops especially for kids where you can get immense variety of good quality readymade clothes for your kids. Apart from this there are other shops selling superior quality traditional clothes for both men and women. Here you can do great shopping of garments as well as wooden and handicraft articles.

10. New Pick N Move Supermarket

Indore has many supermarkets where people can enjoy their shopping conveniently and comfortably. Out of these supermarkets, New Pick N Move is considered to be one of the best Supermarkets in Indore for shopping different variety of items like household goods, fruits, vegetables, cereals pulses, stationery, cosmetics, snacks, wide range of toiletries, other essential items at one place and everything offered at a subsidized rate. This place is always crowded. But on weekends it is more crowded with people along with their families who come for shopping as they can purchase necessary things required by each member at one place. Shopping at supermarkets saves both time and money.

As far as trade and commerce is concerned Indore city is somewhat similar to Mumbai city. This city is not only well known for its history and  monuments but also for it’s foods and bazaars. The cloth markets in Indore are popular since centuries, but today this city is also well known for its several shopping malls, branded showrooms, street market, etc. Apart from this there is a best furniture market in Indore for those interested in purchasing decorative furnitures for their homes or office. Shopaholics and tourists can get an amazing, satisfying  and memorable experience of shopping in Indore.