Even though I have been in Bangalore close to two years now, this is the first time I am visiting this famous shopping area in the city. We had some relatives visiting us during this weekend and we went on a Saturday afternoon. We parked the car near the parking area after the parade ground. This is a convenient parking place and you can walk down to the commercial street from there.
Commercial StreetCommercial street can be reached straight across from Brigade road on the other side of MG Road (refer map below) via Kamaraj Road. Once you cross Cubbon road after parade ground, there are car parking on either side of the road. After parking the car, we crossed the signal and commercial street is on the left side of the road. Car parking is also available in the Commercial Street, but is difficult to get. Parking is prohibited in Kamraj Road leading to Comm St.
The Commercial Street has branded stores and small shops thickly populated. The side lanes has many small shops selling cloths and accessories mostly for the fairer sex. I wonder why there is very little stuff on sale for the male. May be the merchants found the futility of trying to sell stuffs to men.
Ebrahim Sahib StreetThere is also a parallel street Ebrahim Sahib Street to Commercial Street down the road which has many small shops. These two streets and the link lanes between them form bulk of the shops in this area. Clothing is what you go here for shopping. You get all kinds of cloths, ladies accessories (bangles, hair accessories, hand bags) etc from branded shops, small shops and road side vendors. You can find hand bags from Rs.50 to Rs.3000 depending on what you have in your purse. There are also many shops selling shoes and chapals.
Hand Bags for Rs.99 in ES StreetView Larger Map
Well thats quite a detailed account of the Commercial street, Ramki. Cheers!
ReplyDeleteThanks Kalyan for the comment.
ReplyDeleteBest place to shop in Bangalore for sure!
ReplyDeletewell thats helps me a lot.Could u plz tell me some shop names at commercial street wher i can get good cloths at low price.@chandu reddy
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Prathap: Good article. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteJust a warning people, in case you shop in the gullies of Ebrahim Sahib street -
ReplyDelete1. Do bargain - my friend purchased a material tagged Rs.2658 at Rs 850/ -
2. Check the material you purchase - the very material my friend purchased for 850/- had a damage and when she wanted to return it - she had a heck of time. This was a shop called Shabnam
3. Insist on bills.
will it b open tomorrow as it is karnataka day?
ReplyDeleteI think the shops will be open.
ReplyDeleteCan someone give some tips on nearest parking places, where we will not get tickets/ or towed away/ or damaged.
ReplyDeleteParking place is available on both sides of the kamaraj road and also in commercial street.
ReplyDeletei've been to this stinky place, not worth wasting time down there, imitation of sympatique flea markets of Bangkok, which are much better anyway.
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