Chennai
is renowned for its handlooms, both the exquisite Kancheepuram silk sarees
and the cottons used designed sarees, shirts and domestic furnishers. The
Co-optex showrooms offer a wide variety of both types of handlooms,
whereas the Khadi centres are better known for their cotton varieties. The
several Nalli shops, the Rasi showroom in Mylapore and other saree shops
near Panagal Park and Dhun Building (Anna Salai) specialise in the finest
silks. Several boutiques have exclusively designed more modern sarees.
Chennai is also a major handicrafts centre; the Government's
Poompuhar specialising in metal (Bronze) and stone work articles. The
Victoria Technical Institute has perhaps the widest variety of South
Indian handicrafts. Anna Salai offers comfortable shopping for all
varieties of goods in western comfort, whereas George Town offers the same
variety in a bazaar atmosphere. Special
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