Want to shop in India? Here is the list of must buy things

India is heaven for a person who loves to shop. From clothes to shoes to jewelry to spices,
you can find everything here. And the best part is that you don’t have to go machine-made
items, India is the biggest manufacturer of handicraft items and it includes jewelry, textile,
carpets, and decorative pieces made out of marble, wood, brass, and so on.

Every city in India is rich in some form of handicraft items or some other items that will make
your shopping spree satisfactory. You can also buy most of the handicraft items online by
searching Indian handicrafts for online sale on Google. It will take you to the top sites.

But in this blog, we will discuss some of the things that you must buy from India.

Top things you must buy when in India 

1.   Clothes

India has great clothing options, especially for women. From shawls to sarees, and kurtas, you
can find different handcrafted clothing items here.

Some of the best clothing items are:

Pashmina Shawls: It is a handcrafted shawl made out of cashmere. The skilled artists of Kashmir
are famous for hand weaving and designing these shawls, which are warm and beautiful. Since it
uses pashmina, it is a little expensive but worth buying.

Other shawls famous in India are cotton and silk shawls and khadi shawls.

Sarees: Indian women love to wear sarees, and every state has a different style of draping it.
The most famous sarees of India are:

• Bandhej from Jaipur, Rajasthan
• Banarasi from Uttar Pradesh
• Zari from Madhya Pradesh
• Paithni from Maharashtra and so on.

Chikankari kurta: Lucknow is known for selling chikankari clothing items. It is a process of creating
embroidery on light-colored clothes. You can find suits and kurtas for both men and women.

2.   Textile items

There are different types of textile items that you can find in India. Here you can find bed sheets,
pillow covers, and wall hangings made out of cotton, silk, wool or linen. Also, the textiles have unique
designs made using hand or block printing.

3. Jewelry 

In India, you can find jewelry for every part of the body. Women in India love their jewelry and you
can find exciting bangles, neckpieces, earrings, payals, kamarbandh (waist-band) and so on.

In Jaipur, you will find beautiful jewelry made out of silver, gold, and precious gemstones. Also, here,
you can get original gemstones like ruby, emerald, and cobalt, and so on.

4. Tea 

Every second person in India is a tea-drinker. The best tea comes from Darjeeling which is a city on
the North-eastern side of India.

Assam is the pioneer of tea in India and produces a rich, dark and robust tea. Nilgiri teas from Kerala
(Cardamom hills) are pretty famous too. 

5. Craft items

In India, you will find decorative pieces made out of brass, bronze, marble, and wood. Also, India
has a rich history of creating furniture from wood using sandalwood, rosewood, and teal and so on.

Also, you will find sculptures of god and goddess and paintings made from hand in India that has an
ancient history

6. Carpets and rugs

India is one of the biggest manufacturers of carpets and rugs in the world. It uses natural material
like wool, or silk or cotton to create these items. They have intricate designs of them and are beautiful
and warm.

Which one of these items are you looking forward to buying? Hit me in the comments below.