Jaipur Carpets

Jaipur is considered as the best city to shop in Rajasthan, India. This majestic city offers you the best of traditional Rajasthan. Jaipur is famous for its bright colored fabric and textile. Tripolia Bazaar, Kishanpol bazaar, Bapu and Nehru Bazaar are the various markets of Jaipur, where you can find fabrics and carpets. While buying, do the best bargain to get quality product at cheap rates. Jauhari Bazaar is the one of the best markets to buy tie and dye items in Jaipur.

Jaipur Fabric / Cloth / Textile
Since innumerable years, Jaipur specializes in providing one of the best fabrics of the world, properly colored in bright colors. Rajasthan is famous for its purity of colors and this aspect is further refined by the uniformity of colors. Well-known for its textiles, Jaipur has a vast collection of block-printed and tie & dyed fabric. Sanganer and Bagru block printing are the limelight of this group. In tie & dye, Bandhej, pachranga and lehriya get the main attraction.

These amazing handmade prints appear marvelous and will give you an ethnic look, on wearing. Saris, Odhnis, mantles, dress-materials, safas (turban) and many other types of clothing available in Jaipur, will definitely add to your wardrobe. In the present date, these fabrics of Jaipur have become a style-statement and craze for every fashion designer.

Jaipur Carpets and Rugs (Dhurries)
During the reign of Mughals, carpet weaving originated in Jaipur. Carpets of Jaipur are famous for their innovativeness. Here, you can find carpets in different patterns and styles including knots and geometric patterns. As these carpets are liked by people all over the world, the quality is being improved as per the global standards in the recent years. Cotton rugs or dhurries are another attraction of Jaipur, which fetches a major business from abroad. These dhurries are liked by people of every group as they are easy to maintain and carry as well.

Jaipur Quilts and Razai
Jaipur is well-known for its soft and feather-weight quilts. Don't underestimate these quilts as they are light in weight, they are warm to the core. Tourists usually shop for these quilts on their trip to Jaipur. Moreover, these quilts are not boring like other quilts. Jaipuri Razai are available in striking colors with Sanganeri prints, bright tie-dyed materials, marble prints on cotton and velvet to suit your mood. You can best buy Jaipuri quilts from the shops located near Hawa Mahal.

Jaipur Handicrafts

Handicrafts of Jaipur are well-known throughout the world for their distinctive quality and exclusive variety. Due to this fact, Jaipur is also recognized as crafts capital of India. The Royal Family of Jaipur patronized the craftsmen and artisans, which led to the flourishing of arts and crafts in Rajasthan. If you are an art lover, Markets of Jaipur offer rich and assorted handicrafts of interest.

There are many things like blue pottery, carved furniture, antiques, papier mache, enduring paintings, Pichwais, miniature paintings, sculptures, apparels, accessories, home furnishings, home decorations, handmade office accessories, toys, traditional games and many more things, which can be of your interest. You can explore Amber Road that lies between Zorawar Gate and Holiday Inn to see the range of hand-block prints, blue pottery, handicrafts and antiques.

Pottery
The royalty of Jaipur always appreciated variety handicrafts during their times. Keeping the traditions alive, Jaipur is always active in providing the best handicrafts of India. Talking about pottery, glazed blue pottery of Jaipur is very famous. Originated in Persia, this kind of pottery includes pots, surahis, mugs, jugs, plates, decorative pieces and many other things. Blue color in pottery offers a trendy look to the things. You can always make a good bargain while buying such stuff.

Metal Work
Jaipur has a decent variety of metal work and it is particularly famous for its brass work. The brass workers of Jaipur are skilled in infusing charisma into the dull metal. Lacquered brass and carved brass are two kinds of work that are done on brass in Jaipur. You can buy statues and decorative pieces of immaculate quality at a good price from Jaipur that will add a class to your drawing room.

Marble Work
This royal city offers the world-class quality of marble work with intricate carvings. The carvings and portraits, shaped in Jaipur, procure a great admiration everywhere. In marble work, you can see the Marble statues of Hindu deities, animals, Human figurines, carved marble bowls and exquisite vases. These are some of the best buys in Jaipur markets.

Woodwork
This pink city has immense variety of handicrafts and to continue the list, here we have woodwork. The fine quality of woodwork in Jaipur embraces carved doors, windows, drawer chests, picture frames and mirror frames. The delicate handcrafted woodwork of Jaipur has an antique look as they are crafted on traditional lines.

The local markets along Jauhari Bazaar, Bapu Bazaar, Nehru Bazaar, Chaura Rasta and Tripolia Bazaar will provide you every handicraft of this pink city. Don't forget to bargain while buying things to get the maximum value of your money. Running short of time, not to worry, to serve you all, under one roof, Government of Rajasthan has made emporiums where you will find everything. These emporiums are located on M.I. Road to serve you the best of Jaipur.

Jaipur and Jewellery

Rajasthan is famous for its traditional jewellery since innumerable years. When talking about Rajasthan, Jaipur is always the centre of attraction. From centuries, this royal land has been flourished with precious stones and jewelry. Jaipur is renowned for its exclusive designs and splendid jewelry. Jaipur bazaars are thrived with classic tribal jewelry, silver jewelry, beaded jewelry, metal jewelry, diamond jewelry, pearl jewelry and many more varieties to please you.

Gems
Rajasthan is a land of rich deposits of precious and semi precious stones. There are many stones like emerald, garnet, agate amethyst, lapis lazuli, topaz, and ruby. According to Indian astrological system, various gems represent nine planets and have inherent power. Jaipur has skilled gem cutters who carve the stones into mind-blowing shapes; sometimes they also carve little animals and birds from crystal, jade and smoky topaz. You can also trace buttons, amethyst intaglio beads and crystal scent bottles, which confirms the royal taste of Jaipur.

Jewelry
Jaipur is famed for its variety and designs of jewellery. This pink city will offer you the best of the royal jewelry. There are many types of ornaments which you will find exclusively in Jaipur like Judamani (Hairclip), Baajuband (Armlet), Tagdi (Waist-Belt) and Bodla (ornament to decorate forehead). Here, jewelry of Jaipur is not complete. Beautiful Jewelry made of Basra pearl also makes a popular choice of Jaipur. There are different kinds of work in Jaipur, out of them Meenakari work and Kundan work are the most famous.

Meenakari Work Jewellery
This is a different kind of jewelry that was originated during the period of Raja Man Singh. Now, Jaipur specializes in this colorful jewelry. This is a special kind of work in which enameling is done to the jewelry. Originally, enameling was done to make the jewelry comfortable to wear. In appearance, jewelry of Meenakari work looks delicate and splendid.

Kundan Jewellery
Inspired by Mughals, Kundan Jewelry is art of setting stones in gold and silver. While setting, gems are bedded in a surround of gold leaf rather than secured by a rim or claw. Kundan Jewelry looks magnificent with its royal touch and due to this fact; it has occupied a space in the movies of Bollywood depicting mythological culture.

Silver Jewellery
Following the contemporary style, artisans of Jaipur are making jewelry in silver to attract the customers. They are making designs amalgamating traditional and modern pattern of jewelry, to provide you a trendy look. This kind of designer silver jewelry is very popular and appreciated by the tourists.

While buying metal or classic tribal jewelry from roadside, you can always bargain. If you are interested, you can watch the craftsmen at work in Johari Bazaar. Haldion ka Rasta, Gopalji ka Rasta, M.I. Road, Maniharon Ka Rasta, Johari Bazar, Tripolia Bazar and Surajpol Bazaar are some of the destinations in Jaipur, which would be a valuable treat for any woman. While buying jewellery or precious stones, always take a receipt mentioning the name of the shop, price, gram and carat, from the shopkeeper.

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