Uttarakhand

The most important part of the journey comes when one has to buy the souvenirs that a traveler takes back with him. Uttarakhand is known for the shopping fanatics as there are several places you can visit from bakeries, bazaars, to places where you will find the best quality of leather. Besides this, one can fancy several local handicrafts, wooden work, carpets, gems, jewellery, squashes, homemade jams, woolen articles to keep you warm and Garhwali paintings to take back home. Then there are markets full of unique handmade accessories and gems, woodcrafts which can be found in Munsiyari, Mussoorie, and Nainital. 

 

Another thing that Nainital is famous for is its wax candles, it is in the Bara Bazaar and Mall Road, one can find some exquisitely designed candles. 

 

Besides all the colourful and vibrant markets, one more place you would like to find yourself in is the Chowk Bazar. This market in Almora is famous for Angora clothes made from the fluffy fur of angora rabbits. A good variety of copperware is also available in Almora and Bageshwar. Must haves from Uttarakhand are the brightly colored ringal products while browsing what to gift friends back home, well these ringal products are the greener and better alternative to plastic. Apart from this, there are non profit companies settled in Panchachuli and other parts which sell hand woven and hand knitted products, spices, juices, herbs which you can take home. And that's not all, there are so many other things one can find in places like Paltan Bazar and bakeries in Dehradun which serve the best mouth-watering delicacies, Kotdwara bazaar, Tibetan market and Bhowali fruit market which is the ultimate fruit paradise.  Lastly, souvenirs are not just a keepsake but a tangible memory which would leave you nostalgic by reminding you of the great time you spend in Uttarakhand and might pull you back to this Northern state of India.