Shopping in Pune

Laxmi Road is Pune's traditional shopping street and the heart of retail in the old city — sarees, textiles, jewellery, and traditional goods. Crowded, especially during festival season, and best in the morning.

Tulshibaug is the market district behind Laxmi Road, a warren of narrow lanes selling everything from household goods to costume jewellery to religious items. Cheap, chaotic and good fun if you enjoy bargaining.

Mahatma Phule Mandai — The main produce market, housed in a striking Gothic-style building from 1886. Worth visiting for the architecture and atmosphere as much as the shopping.

FC Road and JM Road — The student shopping strip, with clothing, accessories, books and a dense concentration of cheap food. Lively and young.

MG Road and East Street, Camp — The cantonment shopping area, with older established shops, leather goods, and a colonial-era street layout.

Koregaon Park — Boutiques, designer stores, bookshops and lifestyle retail, alongside the café scene.

Malls — Phoenix Marketcity in Viman Nagar, Seasons Mall in Hadapsar, Amanora Town Centre and Westend Mall in Aundh cover mainstream and international brands.

What to buy:

1. Kolhapuri chappals — the handcrafted leather sandals from southern Maharashtra, widely available in Pune
2. Paithani sarees — the classic Maharashtrian silk saree with distinctive peacock and floral motifs, woven in Yeola and Paithan
3. Bakarwadi — the spiral fried snack Pune is famous for; Chitale Bandhu is the best-known maker and their shops are a Pune institution
4. Chikki — the jaggery-and-nut brittle associated with Lonavala, sold widely
5. Warli painting — Maharashtra's tribal art form, on cloth, paper and other media
6. Bamboo and cane craft, and Maharashtrian brass work