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fiogf49gjkf0d GOVERNMENT RUN COTTAGE INDUSTRY EMPORIUMS OR PRIVATELY RUN SHOPS AND THE BAZAAR ARE THE THREE DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENTS IN WHICH TO SHOP FOR SOUVENIRS. HOWEVER IT IS BEST TO BUY HANDCRAFTED GOODS FROM THEIR REGIONS OF MANUFACTURE. THERE ARE A GREAT CHOICE OF GOODS FOR SALE, INDIAN SILKS WHOSE PATTERNS AND TEXTURES VARY BY REGION OF MANUFACTURE. COTTON, HAND PRINTED OR EMBROIDERED, FOR TABLE CLOTHES, CLOTHES, AND BEDLINEN. CASHMERE MADE INTO CLOTHING AND SHAWLS. HAND WOVEN RUGS AND CARPETS. JEWELLERY, PRECIOUS AND SEMI PRECIOUS STONES. ORNAMENTS CARVED FROM WOOD, SPICES, LEATHER GOODS, GOLD, SILVER, BRASS AND TEA. THE MOST FAMOUS BAZAARS ARE THE CONNAUGHT PLACE, CHANDI CHOWK, DELHI HAAT IN DELHI & THE BHULESHWAR AND CHOR BAZAAR IN BOMBAY. THE WELL KNOWN SILK TOWNS ARE BANGALORE, VARANASI & KANCHIPURAM. RAJASTHAN IS WELL KNOWN FOR THE PRODUCTION OF COTTON AND JEWELLERY. KASHMIR FOR HANDWOVEN CARPETS, CASHMERE, COLOURFUL PAPIER MACHE AND LEATHER GOODS. INDIAN SPICES ARE BEST BOUGHT IN THE BAZAARS AND TEA CAN BE BOUGHT DIRECTLY FROM THE PLANTATIONS IN DARJEERING AND IN THE TOWN BAZAAR.
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