Shopping in Jaisalmer
Jaisalmer is famous for its embroidery and other exquisite handicrafts. Just outside the fort is Manak Chowk, the marketplace of Jaisalmer, famous for local products and a great place to get into the Indian way of shopping and do a spot of bargaining. Jaisalmer is also a good place for buying exquisitely embroidered garments with inlaid mirror work in a brilliant mosaic of colours or silver jewellery, stonework, finely cut antiques. Carpets made from camel hair, and colourful silk and cotton cloth.
Tie-dye and other fabrics are made at the Khadi Gramodyog Bhavan (Seemagram), can be found not too far from the fort. One traveller warns that you should watch out for silver items bought in Jaisalmer and elsewhere in the country as the metal may be mixed with bronze to make it seem heavier. In the fort, on the laneway leading up to the Jain temples, is a fascinating shop called the ‘ Light of the East ‘. It sells crystal and rare mineral specimens worth buying.
Shop for exquisitely carved wooden boxes in tiny curio shops. Traditional rugs, hand woven blankets and shawls in typical Rajasthani color and weave are also available. Don’t miss to buy souvenirs for your dear ones. In that case, Mirror work, embroiders article silver jewelry, Trickles and Curios are must buys of Jaisalmer.
The main shopping areas of jaisalmer are Sadar Bazaar and Sonaron Ka Bas, Manak Chowk, Pansari Bazaar and the Rajasthali -Govt. Shop for handicrafts as well as Khadi Gramodyog.