Hindmata Market

I If your shopping list is restricted to Indian wear, the Hindmata Cloth Market in Dadar should be the first place you should check out. Packed with tiny shops specialising in different dress materials and readymade designs, this is local favourite for those who’re in the mood to revamp their wardrobe. Sarees, salwar kameez, suits, lehengas, sherwanis and even dress materials that can be woven into gowns or suits or even formal office wear, all under one roof. While the prices here would be below market price, don’t shy away from bargaining as you go shopping in Hindmata Market. The merchandise at Hindmata Market is consistently stocked with an array of aesthetically pleasing clothing and objects, with complimentary imagery to match.
Looking at the history of the Hindmata Cloth Market, it was the established by Kutch-based traders about 60 years back in the lanes enclosing the Hindmata Flyover. Here, you can scour the shops to buy unstitched dress materials, suits pieces and shirt fabrics, duppatas in a range of hues and fabrics, upholstery, Turkish bath towels and traditional Marathi caps. The market also is a haven of Indian handloom sarees from across the state such as Mangalgiri cotton, Chanderi, Supernet Kota, Bhagalpuri silk, chiffon Zakad and Induri. Shops like Ashokpalav, Bharat Kshetra, Kishor Kumar, Aanchal, Kareena and Harsh are the names in the business of selling traditional sarees. For Bandhini sarees, visit Rajeev Collections that specialises only in this particular range. Certain shops sell imitations of pure Banarasi sarees for merely Rs. 1600 or so. Love to dress up ala Vidya Balan? There are replicas of the sarees worn by the actress in Hindmata Market, and a few traders also supply stock for Marathi TV actresses. Hindmata Market is also one of the best places for readymade Punjabi dress fabrics.

Most of the wholesale shops cater to the retailers, and it is obvious for them to give you a cold shoulder if they decipher that you are there for street side bargain shopping. Poojan Sarees, Bharat Kshetra and Art View are the shops worth checking out. While, Poojan Sarees sells on fixed but reasonable prices, BharatKshetra is a bigger store meant especially for customers willing to shell Rs. 5, 000 or more. Art View is a comparatively small but nice shop with a small front façade and with a wholesome variety of stock. Apart from these stores, there are other good ones that you can judge by a simple trick. The fancier shops can be differentiated from the ordinary ones if there is a person standing at the entrance of the shop to guard your footwear in exchange of a token!
On a festive occasion like Ganesh Chaturthi or Diwali, the budget shoppers of Mumbai prefer spending their buck on Hindmata Market. They tap into one of the market’s coolest shops and see to it that they move quick because the best pieces never last long. Should you too happen to be in Mumbai, make sure you have enough time in hand to check out the stuff at Hindmata Cloth Market, more so, on a Sunday to avoid the crowd in the local trains.