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Thrissur is a great place to pick up distinctive Keralan crafts. The main shopping area is on the Round; on Round West, the Kerala State Handicraft Emporium specializes in wood, while a few doors along, a small branch of Khadi Gramodyog sells a limited range of hand-loom cloth. A far better selection of hand-loom can be found in Co-optex at the top of Palace Road (a one-minute walk from Round East). At Chemmanur's,Round South, near the Elite Hotel,you'll find the usual carved wooden-elephant-type souvenirs, and, on the ground floor, a high-kitsch Aladdin's Cave of nodding dogs, Jesus clocks, Mecca table ornaments and parabolic nail-and-string art. Sportsland,further west on Round South, aside from sports equipment, also sells crudely painted wooden toys, such as buses and cars. Alter Media at Utility Building, Nehru Bazaar, Nayarangadi is a small but interesting bookshop, devoted to women's studies. Cosmos Books,on Round West, is a treasure trove of frilly novels, die-hard academic criticism and books on art, drama and culture; you can even buy the latest edition of Vogue - at a price. |
Kuruppam Road, which leads south towards the railway station from the western end of Round South, is one of the best places in Kerala to buy bell-metal products, particularly oil lamps made in the village of Nadavaramba, near Irinjalakuda. Nadavaramba Krishna & Sons and Bell-metal Craft both specialize in brass, bronze and bell metal. Lamps cost Rs80-25,000, and "superfine" bell metal is sold by weight, at over Rs250 per kilo. Continuing south on Kuruppam Road to the next junction with Railway Station Road, you'll find a number of small shops selling cheap Christian, Muslim and Hindu pictures etched on metal, and places that supply festival accessories, including umbrellas similar to those used for Puram.
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