Products the Market has to offer.....

Hello everybody... As I mentioned in my previous post I am going to talk about the various cultures associated with the Tibetan or the Monastery market.
There are three kinds of culture here we are talking about, which is Product culture (things which are sold in the market),Visual Culture (kind of visuals that one has on the mind after visiting the market) and Social Culture (The kind people around i.e, the Stakeholders)

PRODUCT CULTURE

A page from my Visual Diary depicting the key products sold in the market.

The Tibetan market offers an impressive collection of winter clothing. Home made woolen clothes are specially brought to the market and sold at unbelievable prices.  Apart from these denims, camouflage Pants , leather jackets.cotton shirts are sold in huge masses in all most all the stores in the market.

       

                    

               

                                                        Stores inside the market.

The tibetan market has less of variation and almost similar collections are sold in all the stores. But at a distance of 4.5 km there is a place know as ‘Majnu ka Tila’

Entrance of Majnu ka Tila
(Source : Visual Diary)

Monastery inside 'Majnu ka Tila'

‘Majnu ka Tila’ is a completely unique place in Delhi. It is more like a small Tibet world which has a collection of great antiques.So anyone who wishes to buy antique items shoud approach Majnu ka tila as this place sell unique and typicaly designed antique items like the wooden lamp and different type of Miniatures  especially the buddhist Tangkhas which attract people.

The accessories include head gears . necklace and items like jars used as soveniers painted in different manner. There is ample scope to buy various types of quality stuffs from this market and one might obtain good products in economical ranges if known bargaining.

Examples of the accessories sold in 'Majnu ka Tila'

There is a hotel close to the market named ‘Imperial’. Tourist belt is specially located nearby northern side of Imperial Hotel where tourists and locals arrive . This is the key point for shopping special items from iridescent mirrorwork textiles to good unique and colorful shawls and brass items. Some other attractions like psychedelic  printed T-shirts and impressive earrings are excellent selections like-trinkets that attract people.

THE FOOD CULTURE

One can explore some of the best home food flavors of Tibet once inside this market. The market offers several special retraunts that offer Tibetan food. The ‘Monastry Market’ has a resturant named ‘Zakhang’. Other resturants like ‘Zomsa’ and ‘Shakura’ also specialises in   Tibetan food.

Coming to ‘Majnu ka Tila’,the place has local stops that offers a tibetan food called ‘laping or laughing’ It is a unique dish for first time visitors. The food service in the market makes one feel the essence of Tibet.

Tibetan Street food,'laping or laughing'

Basicaly this is what the market has to offer to its cutomers. I will be soon back with a new post which will talk abot the next culture that is Visual culture. Till then have a great time and don't forget to keep a track! see ya :)

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A look through the market....

...............until their Eventual return, ring a bell?

Hello everybody, As I said in my last post,today I am going to introduce you people to a small Tibetan world which is in Delhi! So it is a market area located under the arch of ISBT Shahdara Link flyover and is known as "The Monastery Market" or "The Tibetan Market".
The nearest metro station is the Kashmiri Gate metro station at distance of 2.5 km.

Initially the location was a residential colony to a lot of Tibetan refugees but gradually it developed into a decent running business place and is now a shopping destination in Delhi!

Talking about its atmosphere and scenario of the place - It is a busy crowded area with majority of Tibetans. The market does not occupy too much of a large space of land but it is not too small either it is a compact market area surrounded by Tibetan residential colonies. Unlike other market places this market does not hold a huge crowd from the beginning of the day till the end. But there are a few days in the week when there are a lot of customers dropping in at this place.

The entrance is like a narrow lane with shops and stores on both sides.Each shop is attached to the next shop with almost no gap in between and also their is a residential complex upstairs of the market mostly owned by business men or people working in the market.Huge masses of Denims,Camouflage pants,Leather Jackets is the very first thing that one notices on entering the market.

The market is richly famous for men's collection and it hardly sells ladies' or kids' collection except for one or two shops .

Mainly the market is known for its impressive collection of winter clothing. Homemade woolen clothes are especially brought to the market and sold at unbelievable prices. It is quite budget friendly or we might say really inexpensive market for the quality that one gets. There are mainly two reasons for this 1.) The sellers keep their profit margin 5% to 10%

             2.)They are exempted from paying the tax to the government.

The products that are available in the market are exported mainly from Bangalore,Karnataka and Mumbai also domestic areas like Karol Bagh also exports here.

So basically this was an overview about the market place. I hope you guys find it useful reading ! I'll be soon back with my next post that is going to touch the culture of the area! Till then keep fine and surely keep a track! thank you :)

The Initial Brief..

It all started in 1959.
The Tibetan uprising or 1959 Tibetan rebellion began on 10th March 1959, when a revolt erupted in Lhasa the capital of Tibet Area. During this time the 14th Dalai Lama and some of his government fled to India. From 1959-1960 about 80,000 Tibetans followed the Dalai Lama to India through Himalayas.The Indian government (PM-Jawaharlal Nehru) agreed to provide all assistance to the Tibetan refugees to settle in India until their Eventual return.

Hello everyone... This is Shivangkita and I'am here to share my experience of being able to discover a small little Tibetan world in Delhi. Yes you read that right :) so as I already mentioned in my very first blog (https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=6757371314802952884#allposts/src=sidebar) that my blog subjects do not follow any particular genre and I will mostly write about anything that interests me... therefore here I am with a completely different subject and this time it is a particular AREA that I was very very keen to explore.

So basically the research work has been given by my institution (Pear Academy,Noida)
While some of you might just lose the interest thinking that a college project would only mean lot of work and no fun, I am here to burst the bubble. I, along with my group members, got our attendance marked, had a hurried cup of coffee, and lo and behold! we were out in a market, with lot of work and no less fun. well, this blog of mine is about my little "studious" excursions to the area and what and how I dealt with the people, the subject, and my own apprehensions.

I guess you guys must be wondering about the first bit of the intro and also guessing a lot of places... but I think I would like that to be a suspense for all of you until I mention about it in my next post! :D
So see you until next time.. keep a track and have a great time ! :)