When the occasion is that of a wedding or an engagement or a house warming or a similar ceremony that involves the making of a large number of invitation cards (in the hundreds or thousands), then the need is to find a place that can do reliably and in the most economical way. One of the best places in Delhi (right, you guessed it) is in the old parts of Delhi, in this case, Chawri Bazaar. I can see many of you recoiling from the prospect of a trip to Chawri Bazaar, it is a crowded and hot place after all.
Well, in case you did not realize, things have changed now. The Delhi Metro has a station right under Chawri Bazaar and that opens up right smack in the middle of the whole area. So no worries about how to get there. Take the Delhi Metro from either the Connaught Place (Rajiv Chowk) or Kashmere Gate side and get down at Chawri Bazaar station. Once there, ask for the road that leads towards Nai Sarak, or simply ask for shops where you can make wedding cards, and you will find a whole row of shops on either side.
You need to haggle, know the going rate and be able to have some idea of the types of cards you want. The shop-keepers over there, though very knowledgeable about the cards, are not the best in terms of customer friendliness and it would help you a great deal if you carry a few samples of the types of cards that you are looking for. They will take orders, and will also do printing if you give them the stuff that you want to print. They do not allow you to take samples of the cards that you like.
Apsara Sarees is a shop right off the Chandni Chowk main road. As you head off into the Paranthe Wali Gaali and cross the first saree shop of Gauri Shanker, you get into the first turn, and there it is, Apsara Sarees. If you are looking for some of the heavy sarees for the bride and for some of the other main female players in a wedding (such as sister and sister-in-laws of the groom and the bride), then it makes sense to pay a trip to this shop. It is a place where you will get some of the stylish and heavy sarees and lehangas at a price that is available only in Chandni Chowk (if you wanted to buy this article outside Chandni Chowk, it would cost much more).
Sarees that I have seen here while shopping with some female relatives can cost around Rs. 20,000 - Rs. 30,000; but once you have got over these prices, then you can see how these sarees shine. It is without doubt that such clothes will make the wearer feel special during the wedding or pre-wedding function, and that is exactly how you want them to feel.
For a lot of the sarees and all the lehangas, they will take your choice, and make these on order, so it might take some time for them to get ready, but the end result looks great.
Contact details for Apsara Sarees:
1980, Gali Paranthe Wali,
23267767, 23286856
In the quest for saree shopping, we have gone to a number of different places, such as Nalli in South Extension, the many saree shops in Cross River Mall in East Delhi, Satya Paul, etc. However, in the end, when you have to buy a number of sarees for the bride (except for the wedding saree) and for the many other female relatives to whom sarees have to be gifted, you need to buy numerous sarees (in the 10’s or maybe hundreds), then you find that your steps head towards Chandni Chowk. It is the place where you get good designs, and you can’t get sarees more economical than that.
There are numerous shops in the Gali Paranthe Waali, and in the many Katra (small lanes) as you move along the main Chandni Chowk street such as Katra Asharfi, and one more shop that we went to and bought more than 10 sarees was a shop called P.P. Sarees. It is located off Nai Sarak, around the middle. You can find it through asking, first you ask for the lane leading to Dareeba, and then once inside, you ask for P.P. Sarees; you should be eventually find it and then you can shop for sarees to your hearts desire.
Contact details for the shop:
Padam Chand Prem Chand
23286182, 65280729, 9811239505, 9810129534
Sherwani’s are being seen as the style statement when a male is about to get married; ethnic Indian wear, and very elegant, especially when the design on the You have a bride-groom who wants to look his best and stand out among the crowd (especially since nowadays in a marriage, everybody is dressed in their best). Depending on the closeness between the bridegroom and his fiancee, the girl also wants to have a say in how the bride-groom will look like, and you also need a place where you can see a variety of different types of sherwanis, as well as the classy suits that people nowadays wear as an alternative to the sherwani.
Most people want to find a good place where they can sample these sherwanis and suits. You also need access to good shops because a good sherwani can cost upwards of Rs. 20,000 with a good one normally costing anywhere between Rs. 35,000 to Rs. 50,000. You need to remember that this is a one-time cost, since a sherwani is not liable to be re-used in any way.
Sherwanis are available in fancy shops such as Gujralsons, Diwan Chand, etc. You can find these shops in many locations such as the Great India Mall in Noida, Lajpat Nagar, Cross River Mall in East Delhi, west Delhi malls, etc, but it is rare that you find more than one shop in a specific location. Chandni Chowk has a selection, but the best place that I have found for the male marriage dressing is Ajmal Khan Road in Karol Bagh. There is a short stretch on this road that has multiple shops - Diwan Chand (including a discount version as well), Gujralsons, Grooms, Rod, and Vasari. Through all of these, you should be able to find the one that you want. Do remember that the Sherwani needs to be stitched, and hence you will get the Sherwani after a few days.