The Hindu : Tamil Nadu / Tiruchi News : Excitement is guaranteed

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Tuesday, Feb 20, 2007
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Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu - Tiruchi

Excitement is guaranteed

Staff Reporter

The exhibition forces shoppers to stop at every single stall

ATTRACTIVE: Visitors looking at a sari at the Craft Bazaar in Tiruchi. — Photo: R. Ashok.

TIRUCHI : Visitors will relish every moment at the `Craft Bazaar,' an exhibition organised by Maharastra Handloom Handicraft Development Centre at IMA hall here. It gives a sundry experience of shopping, forcing the shoppers to stop at every single stall put up by Indian artisans.

For sari lovers, the exhibition is the ultimate destination. The hall is bursting with colourful saris from Mumbai, Bangalore, Pochampalli, Jaipur and Surat at 14 stalls.

Gujarat's traditional wedding saris — gharchola, red-hued with golden woven bands of zaris are slung at a Surat-based stall, which exhibits a host of synthetic saris in neat piles. From Rs. 265, one can choose a wide range of cotton saris and crepe silks from Mumbai, Bangalore and Kolkata. From delicate hued south cotton saris to finely embroidered floral designs on Rajasthani ones, they provide a classy collection.

Beneath the hall was an exclusive floor for accessories, kurtas, interiors and kitchenware. The opening stall displayed Rajasthani cotton kurtis, with add-ons like beeds, kantha and chikan embroidery, zardosi works and skirts with hand-block prints. Patiala's soft cotton salwars flaunt their delicate embroidery works and slick cuts, with price tags starting from Rs.250. The quintessential white metal works from Udaipur unbolts the world of interiors. Breathtakingly elegant glass bowls edged with intricate white metal carvings demand a second look.

Though sandwiched between huge apparel-loaded stalls, the two tiny stalls outside the hall cannot fail to grab the attention of girls. While one has filled the space with Jaipuri lac bangles of all sizes and colours with antique finish, the other had trendy pendants and beads roped in black strings. Branded cosmetics and fashion accessories from Mumbai are in surplus to dress up your wardrobe.

The whole stretch has overwhelming stocks of Jaipuri skirts, Jamnagar's chanya cholis for kids, bed covers from Panipat, jute bags from Kolkata, Delhi, Kanipuri leather sandals and salwar kameez from Indore.

The exhibition, which ends on February 25, is open from 10 a. m. to 9 p. m.

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