September 14, 2012

Wedding Shopping in Pune

I stayed in Pune for 5 (grown up) years and didn’t buy a rag from there! But I bought the most important saree of my life from Pune. As per my mother’s and MIL’s recommendations – Pune is a great place to buy silk saris. Yes! Better than Mumbai they say. Being a loyal Mumbai girl it is difficult for me to digest the fact that there is something that you don’t get in Mumbai (Not that I dislike Pune. I love it so so much. It is small, cozy and always close to my heart).
 The men (including the guy) in both our families run miles away when they sense any sort of shopping activity in the agenda. But I and my MIL insisted them to take a break and come with us! For the first time we (both of us and our parents) went out wedding shopping like a typical Maharashtrian family. Way less dramatic though as I saw the stores were filled with huge families including distant relatives just to buy 1 bridal saree.
All I had shopped for my wedding trousseau till Sunday was the Lehenga’s mentioned here which of course are hand worked!  I wanted my wedding to have a feel of Maharashtrian wedding and the ‘colours & bling’ of a Punjabi wedding. So, decided to have at least a few traditional hand woven silk saris to get along with the heavy lehenga’s. So off we were to Pune with a meticulous list and lots of hope!
Why Pune?
Traditional hand woven saris sold in Mumbai/Pune are sourced from the same place. As for the cosmopolitan culture of Mumbai, Maharashtrian brides have started wearing worked upon saris rather than silk ones. Having stayed in Pune for long, I know that a Maharashtrian-Pune bride prefers a silk sari over the worked upon one. Also, the hectic Mumbai life does not permit women here to buy silk saris often when compared to Pune. So, what I observed is that the saris in Pune looked new and fresh when compared to Mumbai. (This is just what we feel)





This was just a day excursion. So we could only visit 3 stores in Pune (Store reviews coming up):
1.       Kasat Exclusive (Near Karishma)
2.       Tathastu (Kumthekar road)
3.       Vama (Laxmi road)

Things to remember:
I am now done buying silk saris! I am so surprised how quick I have finalized my wedding trousseau. I bought 3 lehengas in three days flat and 3 saris in one day. This is so not me! I guess you know from within that this is the one; it’s an instant feeling that makes it easy to decide. (Generally, for functions like a cousin’s wedding you have a tight budget and hence difficult to select stuff from that range). What we concluded while sari shopping in Pune is that if you take an unusually long time to decide whether to buy the sari, its probably not all that good!

It was a fun Sunday. Surprisingly the men helped! I was stunned when they sometimes pointed out the right flaws. We bought 15 saris in total (including some wedding favor saris) and might need to go again to buy more saris for my mom and MIL. Any highly recommended stores for wedding shopping in Pune?

88 comments:

  1. That's one pretty sari!!! I have been telling my fiance lately that I wish he was Maharashtrian - I'd looove to dress up in a traditional Maharashtrian sari style!! Will you be wearing that drape any day, or are you sticking to the usual?

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    1. hehe. I somehow feel that drape wont look nice on my body structure so I will be wearing a normal 6 yard saree.

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  2. hey just hopped on your blog, n im so glad to meet another maharashtrian! I am from Mumbai too but now in US..
    wow I hav visited Laxmi road shops many a times, reading ur post was nostalgic :)
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  3. Hastakala. THE BEST!
    Peshwai for royal Paithanis. My mom has an amsuli color saree....
    My wedding is nowhere in sight, but love to read about it! :D

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    1. Thanks. I will surely visit Hastakala and Peshwai the next time I go shopping in Pune.

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  5. Its a good blog Aditi Pednekar, India is always filled with its traditional values, customs & thoughts when it comes to celebrating an occasions like Wedding, and your blog beautifully portrays it. I appreciate your blog for bring up the true Indian spirit. Since I'm an I.T employee, I don't get a chance to go shopping in traditional style so I miss all the fun of traditional shopping style where a whole family joins together to shop for a saree, suggesting with each ones ideas which is priceless moment. Nowadays I just shop sarees online from a few online stores like cbazaar which makes shopping simple, but there is nothing as memorable as traditional style of shopping.

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  6. That is true.... there are many shops in Lakshmi road (and the adjacent by lanes) that offer good sarees at reasonable rates. Getting there and parking is the problem :-) (but that is the story everywhere I suppose)

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    1. Oh yeah!! My father had an auto rickshaw ride after years coz of laxmi road shopping

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  8. omg Aditii!!! I m sooo glad i found you! :)

    I got engaged on 1st September and my wedding date's fixed for 30th August, 2013. Im a pune girl now for almost 12 years and ive been to laxmi road all of 5 times or maybe 6! not sure. but not too many times.

    But now that the wedding has been fixed, and even though it feels like a long time away, im beginning to get all wiry about what to do and what not to.
    My parents and My in laws are poles apart when it comes to Shopping. The mom in law is looking for class and style. Mom is looking for "swasta aani Masta!" LOL!

    But it's good to know that you pointed out both shops my in law and mom like to shop at! :)
    But im a bit intrigued with ur rukwat idea, cant seem to find it on your blog. Tell me please - meenal.sanjagiri@gmail.com.


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    1. Hi Meenal,
      Just enjoy this phase. These few months have been the best days of my life!! :) :)

      I promise to write regularly from jan!! :P I am sure my lovely readers would understand.. :)

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  10. I can totally relate to your blog!. similar thing happened to me too... bought my reception lehenga just after two day outing. and that is just NOT me.. I'm getting married in pune early next year, and my inlaws insist i do the wedding shopping from pune.. can you suggest stores for good maharashtrian and banarasi sarees?

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  11. that was a beautiful one! I am thinking of wearing it on my wedding day!

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  12. Hello Aditi ! Well I am really glad I came across your blog . It has great tips which I am hoping to use for my sis in law's upcoming wedding . Being 'the' vahini , I wonder if you have some special tips for me and also as I am going to be shopping in Mumbai, do you know any good places where we could shop for the bride. I did my shopping from pune so I am aware of it. Thanks and keep posting ! :)

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  14. hey dear can you sujest me good place to bye a lehenga for marriage in Pune .

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    1. I have only bought one lehenga from Pune a few years back from BABE on East street road in camp. It is a fabulous store. I have seen a few lehengas at VAMA, etc near lakshmi road but never really checked their whole collection.

      All the best for the lehenga hunt Vidya!!

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