subject: All About Bangles And Bargains 01/08/2012 Flaunt Your Dazzling Laquer Bangles With Style [print this page] Hyderabad is not all about towering IT companies and thriving real estate! Its actual beauty lies in the historic lanes and by-lanes of the old city, especially the Charminar area.
Take for example Laad Bazaar, popular for its flourishing bangle business. You can see the colorful world of bangles, bracelets and other accessories including lacquer bangles, pearls, semi-precious stones, brocade, velvet, saris, gold embroidered fabrics and alluring scents.
Shopping is real fun here as the bangle bazaar stretches along a one-kilometer street close to Charminar. Laad Bazaar is also known as Choodi Bazaar. It is a delightful sight to see hundreds of shops selling bangles, jewelry, apparel, pearls and what not?
Women just love to hang around and hop shops and bargain. Urdu word laad itself means pamper. If you are the pampering kind or self-pampering, then this is a place for you, pretty women.
Unlike chic malls in the emerging new city, these stores are not so spacious. Its narrow interiors, packed with customers who bargain for lesser rates, make an interesting sight. The salesmen are not the uniform-clad, English speaking types. They are boys-next-door of the old city where one often cracks a joke or two to keep the customers smiling.
Women love to throng here as the shops sell articles of their interest, including saris, pearls, semi-precious stones and bangles. Even if they dont pick up anything else, a set of sparkling pearls is a must carry home.
During holidays and vacations, the streets are chock-a-block with hundreds of visitors and tourists vying with each other to take home Hyderabads indigenous products.
One of the oldest by-lanes in the city, Laad Bazaar is popular across ages for selling bangles and other stuff. Interestingly, store owners usually quote inflated prices, keeping in view the general trend of bargaining for half the quoted price. The moment you land in the street and start gazing at the glitzy goods displayed, a salesman is sure to come down and usher you inside the store.
The neatly furnished rooms generally have clean, soft, cotton mattress that covers the entire floor. Customers have to leave the footwear outside and can sit comfortably for choosing the object of their desire!
The flamboyant arcade has been buzzing with activity since the regime of the QutibShahis and the Nizams. A historic legacy that has been left unaffected from time immemorial!
