Guwahati being the most important city in the Northeast of India is the hub of all major activities related to commerce, administration, transport, logistics, supply and procurement in state capitals and major cities across the region. As such Guwahati is the major shopping hub where anything and everything is available for purchase at its various markets and shopping malls spread across the city. These markets sell everything from clothing to tea, food to utensils to electricals and electronic.
Some of the biggest local #markets of Guwahati are Fancy Bazaar, Pan Bazaar, Paltan Bazaar, GS Road Market, and Ganesh Guri Market. The most popular things available in these markets that tourist can look forward to lay their hands on are Assam Tea Leaves, types of Assam Silk Dress/saree, Handicraft, dress material, Packaged food, pickles, towel, mask, street food, Hand Made Toys, Jaapi & Wooden Statue, Assamese Traditional Jewelry. and lot more.
Tourist can visit the local markets to get a taste of authenticity and can visit the big shopping malls to meet the rest of their needs.some of the most popular shopping malls and large shops/emporiums in Guwahati are Dona Planet, Sohum Shoppe, City Center Mall, Central Mall, Anil Plaza Mall, Matrix Mall, Roodraksh Mall, Hub Mall, and Maligaon Market. The shops in these malls and markets sell everything from branded products to locally produced goods at affordable prices.
Whats more the malls in Guwahati are also place to watch movies as most of the malls have multiplex going along with them. As well as eateries both famous IOndian brands as well as foreign brands like Pizza Hut. Even if tourist are just a day or two en route to other places in Northeast India or vice versa, shopping in Guwahati is a must as most of the products are available at reasonable prices.
Some of the major shops that are known to be as connoisseur of a particular type of item are Maati Centre for handicrafts, Silkalay for silk saree/dress, Govindam for tasty sweets, NEDFi Haat for tribal arts and crafts, Pragjyoti Assam Emporium for handicrafts, JAPI – The crafthub for bamboo furniture, Jalan’s Tea for authentic Assam tea, Cane Craft & Allied Industries for cane made products, Tourist can visit the local market to get a taste of authentic products and can visit the big shoppingmalls to meet their needs.
They can shop for silk and traditional clothes and handmade products, which are exported nationally and abroad, as well. Guwahati is the very first city in Assam and north east India to develop in terms of big shopping malls compared to rest of North East making shopping a pleasant experience that is not too heavy on the pocket.
