Shopping & Market in Pondicherry

Pondy is every shopaholic’s dream come true. You can buy a multitude of items from the shops strewn across the city. Sales Tax is low here and compared with affordable prices makes shopping a delightful affair. Primarily the shops in Puducherry are located in Mahatma Gandhi Street, Anna Salai, Cathedral Street, Nehru Street, and Rue Romain Rolland. During Deepavali when there is festive mood all around there is a Deepavali Bazaar at Anna Tidal. There is also a shopping festival held every year around December-January to cash on the tourist inflow.

For shopping you could turn to the shopping malls, Khadi and Village Industries Board outlets, Aurobindo Ashram run shops and scores of other big and small shops. On Sundays, many of the roads are closed for traffics and the roadsides become huge bazaars. A variety of items at affordable prices can be shopped from here. The only problem is that you have to jostle with the bustling crowds. As most of the times, villagers from the nearby places arrive here in droves for shopping. 

Pondicherry offers a lot of knickknacks and other decorative items that can be bought cheap. The following are some of the products. 

Handcrafted items: Bedcovers, Stoles, table mats, Handmade paper jewelry, etc, all typically hand-made. You can try Boutique Auroville and Kalki for some great stuff. 

Incense and aromatic stuff: You can buy a lot of stuff like herbs, candles, incense sticks, mosquito and insect repellents, etc. You can get a good variety of these items from shops run by the Aurobindo Ashram near Rue de Mannakula vinegar. (Rue means