Set on Shopping Spree on Rajasthan Tours

Shopping during Rajasthan Tours
Rajasthan - A major shopping destination of making handicrafts and handlooms. Shopping in Rajasthan gives you a perfect product range of blue pottery, carpets, jewelleries and more.

Travelling the vibrant province of Rajasthan you cannot miss on exploring the best of shopping avenues. For all Rajasthan Tours are incomplete without collecting curios in form of sweet souvenirs from its cities. The bazaars glitter with colours and are embellished with intricately designed handicrafts. On your tours to Rajasthan move towards the bazaars of the state to see the colourful display of art spread on varied fabrics with silver or gold threads; especially the beads, Gota, Zari and Zardosi work on such fabrics are distinctive creations of Rajasthani artisans. 

Decorative arts, sculptures produced out of clay, exquisite paintings and miniatures based on the school of art of Mughal and Rajasthani artistry is found in aplenty. These are dramatic representations of medieval history and events belonging to the Kingly rule.

As you set on a shopping tour to Rajasthan you must be aware of all that the tour will be offering. The highlights of such Rajasthan tour packages are:

Blue Pottery: Under the patronage of Maharaja Ram Singh a new form of art was introduced which originally belonged to Persia. Blue pottery is created with a distinctive material like the ground quartz stone. Blue, green and white are the colours used to embellish the conventional handmade floral and animal patterns. The choices you will have includes jars, pots, flower pots, lamp shades and various other accessories made of mud and later decked in the colour of royalty, the colour blue.

Carpets: Weaving has long been a traditional art form of Rajasthan; weavers create intricate blend of patterns, mostly geometric or floral along with exquisite combination of colours. Carpets were first manufactured in the province when weavers from Afghanistan were introduced in royal ateliers somewhere around 17th century. From then the manufacturing of these carpets prospered resulting into worldwide popularity. The bazaars of Rajasthan have them at much cheaper prices than in stores elsewhere for this is their place of origin.

Jewellery: If you are a lady visiting the country for Rajasthan travels then it is obvious that you won’t be able to avoid the temptation of purchasing some traditional jewellery from the state. The vintage royal style of jewellery is done in gold, platinum and is further embellished with precious and semi precious stones. The traditional patterns of jewellery are also available at reasonable prices in silver and cheap metals embellished with coloured glass. This kind of jewellery is not just popular in rural regions, but is also popular amidst youngsters looking for funky patterns.

Bikaner and Jodhpur are particularly famous for the Kundan work which implies work of setting stones in gold ornaments. Minakari is the art of enamelling in gold and silver for other metal jewellery and is sold at Jaipur, Nathdwara and Pratapgarh in abundance.

Textiles: Rajasthan produces a wide range of dyed and block printing fabrics. Throughout the state scheme and pattern of designs is different done with vibrant colours.

While in the state one must visit the local shops to explore hand-block printed fabrics, tie and dye category, Bandhej and Zari to finally choose the best fabric as a memento from incredible Rajasthan.

Bangles, puppets, leatherwear, wood crafts and the list goes on, Rajasthan Tours thus makes their way in some of the best shopping destinations of the world.

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