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JANPATH DELHI

The Janpath market is a very lively market and is situated very close to the Connaught place in Central Delhi. Janpath is not a recently developed market but it is a historical one which is been existing for a long time. Janpath market was initially known as Queen's Way and only during the early 1990's the market got its name Janpath.

Janpath market connects the most famous Connaught place to the Lodhi road and it concentrates on different kinds of stuff. Janpath market is not a very expensive shopping area but still caters to both the upper and the middle class people. It is in fact the ideal place for people who want to shop within their budget.

This is one of the most favorite places for the people of Delhi for shopping. It is always buzzing with people and extremely crowded on weekends. Janpath market sells things which suit the present day trendy culture to old traditional things. But nobody can guarantee for the things which are sold in this market. Janpath being one of the main markets in Delhi apart from attracting the natives of Delhi it also draws people coming from other states and also the foreigners. At Janpath we can easily trace a lot of tourists from other parts of the world and country. It is a fun to shop in Janpath especially during the holiday season as the place is loaded with people buying various things. Janpath market is also popularly known as People's Path.

There are number of streets in Janpath where each one in turn has a number of narrow lanes. In each street there are hundreds of shops selling variety of things of different quality. This market is known for garments, jewellery, gift items, carpets and much more. One general rule which has to be followed by the customers is to bargain for almost all the shopkeepers here sell their products with double the rate of the original. Hence bargaining will help them in reducing the rate of the product. This market has something for everyone who visits this place. There are things from all parts of India including Tibet. It is a great place to take back souvenirs to friends and family.

A wide variety available for shoppers

So the most essential feature to shop at Janpath is the bargaining skill to get a fair price. Some of the other common things sold in Janpath market are Handicrafts, hippy clothing, shoes, paintings, brassware, Indian artifacts, leather work, and cheap jewelry. The Janpath market remains open on all days of the week. It is not closed even on Sundays. Janpath is home to ethnic dresses, daily wear clothing like skirts, shirts, jeans and so on, junk jewelry, imitation jewelry, silver jewelry, leather footwear like jutis, mojris, kohlapuris, etc., embellished linen, cotton garments, Rajasthan vegetable color paintings, Indian artifacts and carpets, CDs and DVDs, furniture and the other decorative items.

As fun is a part of shopping in Janpath so it is also equally tiring for there are hundreds of streets with shops selling things for it will not stop the shoppers to end their shopping. At times it is mutual feeling of irritation both with the shoppers and the shop keepers for the former tries to reduce the rate and the latter tries to keep up their profit. Although it is quiet difficult to manage all these things, most of the people enjoy shopping to these places. As already mentioned bargaining makes wonders so make yourself confident and then enter a shop to bargain the price.

Shopping Hub for Clothing:

Though there are hundreds of malls which has come with air conditioned rooms in the capital, people still want to shop in such markets where you can bargain and this is not possible in other shops for the rates are fixed in such places. The reason behind this is that the shopkeepers might fix the rate of a commodity double than its actual price so that people can get the products at higher rate. This is the reason because of which higher margin of bargain is required. Janpath is also the best market for clothes which are coming from other parts of the country and in fact from other parts of the world.

Some of these clothes which are sold in Janpath are pants, shirts, western wear and also traditional clothes of other states and country. There are materials of all kinds for both men and women and for all age groups. There is always a great demand from the public for such clothes. The clothings which are sold here are mostly the duplicate of the original or the genuine branded stuff but still it is tagged with labels in such a way that it becomes very difficult to differentiate from the original. The shopkeepers even at times shout the rate of the garments so as to attract the customers. Though most of the shops have a big label saying fixed rates most of the localites never fail to make an attempt to bargain because they know the marketing techniques followed by the shopkeepers in selling their products.

Number of cafes are present:

Most of the shopkeepers at Janpath are multilingual specialists; they mainly learn the other languages to make themselves more comfortable with the customers coming from other parts of the country. It is very essential for the shopkeepers to known English for it is easy to attract the foreign customers. This place is also famous for Tibetan meals like thukpa, Tibetan momos and popular chowmein.All the latest stuff is easily available at Janpath. There are also numbers of cafes and restaurants to refresh the shoppers who stay away from home for a long time while they shop at Janpath.

Shopping destination for ethnic clothing and footwear :

Janpath is one of the noteworthy places in Delhi to purchase ethnic Indian wear. We can get the ethnic wear in all materials including cotton, silk and various other latest materials.These ethnic wear gives a gorgeous outlook for they are available embroidered skillfully. These ethnic Indian wear can be purchased from both high end to low end so it suits very much within the budget of all people who visit Janpath. Footwear is another very common thing to shop at Janpath. A wide range of display of shoes and footwears are available here including from slippers to shoes and Nagras. They are from modern look to traditional look and their prices are also in budget of a common person. Jewelleries are another major attraction of Janpath where they have exquisite collections of jewelry like earrings, rings, chokkers, and bangles and so on. It attracts women of all age groups.

Janpath is also noted for food joints in and around the shopping area. Some of the notable ones are Pakwan, Sagar Restaurant, Tropical Smoothies Cafe, Monsoon Restaurant, Gulnar and the famous Pizza Hut. Pakwan is a very famous food joint at Janpath offering a variety of food to the customers at a very reasonable price and is also noted for its good quality. Pakwan sources both Indian and Chinese food and is fairly priced. This place is very famous for Mutton Korma, Mushroom Matar, Saag Meat, Paneer, Tikka and for many more. At Pakwan there is no need to wait for a long time for it is the best place for a quick meal. Sagar restaurant at Janpath is known for its both South Indian and Hyderabadi cuisine.

Smoothies Cafe

Tropical Smoothies Café is the stall which is famous for a variety of drinks and juices. It is spread over a large area of Delhi and its stalls are found almost in every mall. It is popular among the people who are more conscious about their fitness as it provides them with different variety of drinks during the hot season of summer. This place is very comfortable affordable to the people to enjoy the drinks here. Monsoon Restaurant in the vicinity of Janpath is a star hotel mostly known for its Continental and Mediterranean dishes. Mostly the tourists who come from other country occupy this hotel and it makes easier for them to shop at Janpath.

Easy Accessibility :

Another nearby market in the vicinity of Janpath is the Tibetan market with lot of stores which extends along the local western parts of Janpath. These stores mainly deal with awesome vintage, developers wood made lights, amazing miniatures, sacred Buddhist tang and stuff. Access to Janpath is very easy for there is lot of metro stations near to the Janpath market. Becuase of the Metro connectivity people from different parts of Delhi come to this market for shopping. The very nearest metro station is Rajiv Chowk Station. The other nearby stations to Janpath is New Delhi Station, Patel Chowki and Barakhamba Road from where people can easily reach Janpath market.

The Rajiv Chowk metro station is located on the Blue Line metro line which is connected to Yellow Line as well. Thus even a person coming form nearest Gurgaon and Noida can also reach Janpath without much difficulty. The other nearby attraction from Janpath is Jantar Mantar and Central park where most of the people who come to Connaught place and Janpath make it a point to visit.