For many shops and shopping commodities, Chennai has specific streets and areas where you can most easily find your specific items. Going to these areas will not only save you time, but sometimes also money as the competition in those areas is higher and prices are better.
Richie Street - Electronics & Computer
In this little street off Anna Salai and not so far from Spencers Plaza, hundreds of little shops sell all kind of electronics. From laptops to i-pods, playstations and headphones, the tiny shops are absolutely packed with them. Grey market for sure, no receipts nor warranties...but yeah lower prices.
Pondi Bazaar
The whole neigborhood around Pondi bazaar in T.Nagar is focused on textile: Silk, Saries, clothes... some of the shops are so huge that the choice, the staff and the crowds will be literally overwhelming you. Take your time and get good bargains to take some silk home for your family or get completely accustomed and go for a sari or lungi yourself.
Khader Nawaz Khan Road
This road has besides 'Mocha' also many designer clothes shops. Among them Evoluzione, Zare, Atmosphere, Cotton World and Rehane. The Auroville shop with handicrafts, natural products from Auroville and some clothes is also situated there. If you get tired of shopping the 'Naturals' Beauty Parlour can bring your inner peace, tranquility and soft skin back.
Parrys
The Parrys neigborhood, quite distant from the center of Chennai, boosts an amazing amount of shops selling what can be best generalized as 'household stuff'. All metal and inox things from plates and cups to barbeques are graciously exposed in and outside the shops. If you plan on moving to Chennai for while, this is the place to be if you need to fine tune your kitchen. Many shopkeepers in the center may refer you to Parrys in case they don't have the desired item.
Dollars And Pounds
A renowned store for men's clothing and a huge collection of cool T-shirts, each of them unique and only sold once to make sure nobody alse has the same t-shirt. They also offer a broad collection of imported American gadgets, watches and accesoires. Useful if you are looking for some stuff you had back home but couldn't find yet in Chennai. Find the place by the fancy shopper bike and/or sports cars outside the shop.
#17, 1st Main Road, Gandhi Nagar
Adyar, Chennai
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