Sunday, June 6, 2010

Chandni Chowk: Chandni Chowk Market in Delhi

Chandni ChowkChandni Chowk is one of famous, oldest place in Delhi. This market comes in the Central North Delhi. It was built around 300 years ago and also known by the name of moonlit square. Chandni chowk is also famous as a business center in Delhi. People from all around India come here for shopping. Foreigners also have due interest in this market. This is one of the cheapest market as compared to other markets in Delhi and also one of the wholesale market of Delhi.


This place has number of famous lanes which have their own speciality. One of the famous lanes of chandni chowk is parathewali gali which is famous for it's delicious parathas. The textile lane for its textiles. Some of the very well known places in chandni chowk are:

  • Katra Neel: Katra Neel is the famous cloth bazaar of Chandni Chowk of Delhi. In this market you will get every cloth of the world like Silk, satin, crepe, cotton, muslin and many more.

  • Bhagirath Palace: Bhagirath Palace is supposed to be the largest electrical goods market in Asia. Apart from that, it is also famous medical equipments and allopathic medicines.
  • Kinari Bazaar: Kinari Bazaar is very famous for zari and zardozi work, of any and every kind. Here you can get everything related to an Indian bridal trousseau.
  • Dariba Kalan: Dariba Kalan is the perfect place for silver jewelry shopping in Chandni Chowk,. Once a place full of gold and silver jewelers, it now specializes in silver jewelry.
  • Chhatta Chowk Bazaar: Chhatta Chowk Bazaar is famous for artificial and semi-precious jewelry, embroidered bags, hand painted wall hangings, fake antiques, etc.
Some of very famous Eating Places in chandni chowk are:

* The Ghantewala Halwai

* Natraj's Dahi Bhalle

* Kanwarji Bhagirathmal Dalbhajiwallah

* Chaatwallah

* Bikaner Sweet Shop

* Haldiram's

* Gianiji ka Falooda

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