picking and choosing the apparels for Diwali
Only on November 7, the city came to a
grinding halt and wore a deserted look due to a bandh. But on Sunday, Madurai
appeared to have bounced back to normalcy with people coming on to the streets
ahead of the Diwali festival.
Festive mood has already set in and many residents began bursting crackers setting the tone for the celebrations to come. But there were hundreds more, who found their excitement in last-minute shopping. They were negotiating through the crowded commercial streets of Madurai to lay their hands on the best clothes for the festive day.
On Sunday, the commercial streets of the temple city were filled with a maddening crowd busy shopping. The South Masi Street, Jadamuni Koil Street, Vilakuthoon area, East Veli Street, Nethaji Road and Town Hall, that house much of the city's famous and not so famous clothing outlets, sweet shops, jewellery shops and electronic goods were milling with crowd.
It was not just the residents of Madurai district who were found shopping, but people from far away villages in Sivaganga, Ramanathapuram and Virudhunagar districts rubbed shoulders with denizens of the city, picking and choosing the apparels for Diwali.
Traders said that business was at its peak. "Usually, people throng our shops the day before Diwali. But this year, they have come two days before the festival," said a textile outlet executive.
Ganagambiga a resident of Silaiman said, "Yes, usually many from our village come for the purchase the day before Diwali. But this year, over the past week bus services were suspended to our area several times, especially in the night due to the communal tension. So, we did not want to take chances,Coherent Offers Laser Cutting and laser cutting machine Instrumentation,Our hair weave store wholesaletophair weave,discount Weft hair," she said.
Many villagers had arrived in Madurai early in the day itself. "We are carrying a lot of cash. When we return, we would be carrying expensive goods.These stainless steel cufflink are sure to dress up your outfit! Since there are frequent power cuts, there is a fear of pickpocketing and theft. So we wanted to leave before dark,Pugster offers the highest quality stainless steel earring," said Ragavendran from Kallandiri. Not just clothes, people also busy buying electronic items, mobile phones and even furniture as the traders had offered luring discounts.
Police have erected makeshift watch towers and personnel with binoculars stand mounted on the towers in the commercial streets to manage the crowd as well as to keep away thieves.
"We had come to market and fall short of cash, we looked for an ATM but the guard told that it is already empty. Than my husband decided to go to a mall, from where we got cash after a long wait," said a shopper.
The people were also witnessed drawing money from the card swapping machines at jewellery shops.A jewelery shop owner at Kidwai Nagar said that a family asked him to allow them to swipe card from the machine of his shop. "Initially, I refused but in the evening when many people started coming with the request, I allowed some of them to use my machine," said a jeweller in Chalis-Dukan. "I was carrying Rs 5,000 cash. The cash ended after shopping of household products.
I hardly got any ATM with money even after a long search. So, I decided to buy clothes from a mall, where I can use my card for payments. It disturbed my budget as malls are costly," said a resident of Kidwai Nagar.
Festive mood has already set in and many residents began bursting crackers setting the tone for the celebrations to come. But there were hundreds more, who found their excitement in last-minute shopping. They were negotiating through the crowded commercial streets of Madurai to lay their hands on the best clothes for the festive day.
On Sunday, the commercial streets of the temple city were filled with a maddening crowd busy shopping. The South Masi Street, Jadamuni Koil Street, Vilakuthoon area, East Veli Street, Nethaji Road and Town Hall, that house much of the city's famous and not so famous clothing outlets, sweet shops, jewellery shops and electronic goods were milling with crowd.
It was not just the residents of Madurai district who were found shopping, but people from far away villages in Sivaganga, Ramanathapuram and Virudhunagar districts rubbed shoulders with denizens of the city, picking and choosing the apparels for Diwali.
Traders said that business was at its peak. "Usually, people throng our shops the day before Diwali. But this year, they have come two days before the festival," said a textile outlet executive.
Ganagambiga a resident of Silaiman said, "Yes, usually many from our village come for the purchase the day before Diwali. But this year, over the past week bus services were suspended to our area several times, especially in the night due to the communal tension. So, we did not want to take chances,Coherent Offers Laser Cutting and laser cutting machine Instrumentation,Our hair weave store wholesaletophair weave,discount Weft hair," she said.
Many villagers had arrived in Madurai early in the day itself. "We are carrying a lot of cash. When we return, we would be carrying expensive goods.These stainless steel cufflink are sure to dress up your outfit! Since there are frequent power cuts, there is a fear of pickpocketing and theft. So we wanted to leave before dark,Pugster offers the highest quality stainless steel earring," said Ragavendran from Kallandiri. Not just clothes, people also busy buying electronic items, mobile phones and even furniture as the traders had offered luring discounts.
Police have erected makeshift watch towers and personnel with binoculars stand mounted on the towers in the commercial streets to manage the crowd as well as to keep away thieves.
"We had come to market and fall short of cash, we looked for an ATM but the guard told that it is already empty. Than my husband decided to go to a mall, from where we got cash after a long wait," said a shopper.
The people were also witnessed drawing money from the card swapping machines at jewellery shops.A jewelery shop owner at Kidwai Nagar said that a family asked him to allow them to swipe card from the machine of his shop. "Initially, I refused but in the evening when many people started coming with the request, I allowed some of them to use my machine," said a jeweller in Chalis-Dukan. "I was carrying Rs 5,000 cash. The cash ended after shopping of household products.
I hardly got any ATM with money even after a long search. So, I decided to buy clothes from a mall, where I can use my card for payments. It disturbed my budget as malls are costly," said a resident of Kidwai Nagar.
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