Juna Bazar Pune - Chor Bazaar Pune - Shopping Destination In Pune, Maharashtra
Juna Bazar Pune - Chor Bazaar Pune:-
Find a treasure trove in the aptly-named Juna Bazaar or Old Market. Antique coins are casually sold along with mundane accessories like necklaces, screw drivers and door hinges. Many Puneites are unaware that antiques are sold here for a pittance, but visiting foreigners and amateur coin collectors are familiar with this street. You can find anything here, from worn out trousers, old silk saris and even second hand music! Juna Bazaar is located on a part of the Vir Santaji Ghorpade Path, near Maldhaka Chowk.
The market is the oldest street market of the city and is the main source of antique, used, second hand, duplicate products with the new items.
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It’s Wednesday afternoon and the Kumbharwada Chowk on Veer Santaji Ghorpade Road is bustling with activity. Temporary shops put up on one side of the road have hundreds of people checking out products and bargaining with sellers. Both the parties are completely oblivious to the burgeoning traffic at this chowk near Chhatrapati Shivaji Stadium.
Every Wednesday and Sunday, from 9 am to 7 pm, this flea market, known as Juna Bazaar comes alive. As the name suggests, Juna means old, so one can buy old and second-hand stuff here for cheap, if one is good at bargaining! Battling the heat, rain and cold, vendors put up their stalls to sell everything from mixer-grinder to computers, mobile phones, gym equipment, decorative items, household products, musical instruments, gramophones and even antique stuff like coins, daggers and bells.
The bazaar was called Mangalwar Bazaar during the era of Shivaji Maharaj, when it was held on Tuesdays. A century ago, it was renamed as Juna Bazaar.
Stretched over half a kilometre, Juna Bazaar is a place where one can buy a bicep rod for Rs 300, a mobile phone for Rs 400 or an antique coin for Rs 50. Thousands of buyers throng the haat (an Indian term for market) and you have to fight your way through to your object of desire. There is hardly any space for people to walk, because shops are lined up on both sides. And since customers haggle for prices and sellers quibble for their quoted price, the environment is far from ‘peaceful’!
The bazaar is the source of livelihood for around 700 shop owners. There are a few families whose third generation are now running the business. For instance, the maternal grandmother of Nizam Suleman Sikar, the president of Juna Bazar, first took up a stall, which later his parents took over. Its present owner is Nizam. For the past 60 years, he has seen the market flourish, in terms of response. However, for the sellers, the situation hasn’t changed. “Nothing really has changed in the market. We still continue running the shops as we used to,” he says.
The biggest attraction of the haat, for both locals and expats, who drop in occasionally, are the antique goods. Bharat Solanke, a city-based interior designer, has been visiting the market for the past five years, especially to buy antique pieces.
“These items are cheap but good. Sometimes I come across unique stuff, which is not available anywhere else in the city. I always make it a point to visit Juna Bazaar once in three weeks and every time I pick up something interesting,” says Bharat while examining a glass object.
The shop owners, who travel across the state to collect the items, say that it has become a tedious task to source the products. In fact, Nizam says that it’s becoming a challenge to collect antique and second-hand goods, so a lot of vendors are now selling new products.
Shafdar Khan, an antique shop-owner confirms, “Earlier, Juna Bazar was famous for the antique pieces. People, from across the country would come here, including foreigners. But now it’s becoming tough to source such pieces. So vendors have started selling electronic items, clothes and watches.”
For music connoisseurs, the gramophone and Long Play (LP) records that can be bought at Juna Bazaar, are a big draw. Mandar Kulkarni, who owns a gramophone, has been visiting the bazaar for the last 15 years, just to collect LPs.
He says, “I love listening to Manna Dey, so I keep coming back to buy the LPs of his songs and contrary to what people say about the quality of stuff available here, the LPs I pick up never give me any trouble.”
As Nizam rightly says, “All kinds of people come here. Rich and poor. That’s the beauty of Juna Bazar.”
If you have not made a trip to this market yet, please plan one soon. You will enjoy the sight and perhaps end up buying a lot of stuff too!
Juna Bazar Pune - Chor Bazaar Pune:-
Juna Bazaar is the best market for all sorts of Second-Hand Goods.
It blocks one side of the road every Sunday and Wednesday.
One of the Oldest Market in Pune, As someone has said "someone’s Trash may be Treasure for someone else" this market was previously based on this saying. but now in last couple of years things has been changed. In this Juna Bazaar you can Antique, Used, Second hand, refurbished, Duplicate Products as well New and latest Garments, Automobiles spare parts, Electronic Items and much more. I think it is based on same name.. Cool ha? Best place to collect Antique coins. But be aware some people have mastered Art of converting normal metal piece into Rare looking 200-300 years back currency. If you have never been to this market then visit once and to get good deal you must be good negotiator. Have fun !
Some Old Memories of Juna Chor Bazar Pune
Juna Bazar Pune - Chor Bazaar Pune:-
Find a treasure trove in the aptly-named Juna Bazaar or Old Market. Antique coins are casually sold along with mundane accessories like necklaces, screw drivers and door hinges. Many Puneites are unaware that antiques are sold here for a pittance, but visiting foreigners and amateur coin collectors are familiar with this street. You can find anything here, from worn out trousers, old silk saris and even second hand music! Juna Bazaar is located on a part of the Vir Santaji Ghorpade Path, near Maldhaka Chowk.
The market is the oldest street market of the city and is the main source of antique, used, second hand, duplicate products with the new items.
It’s Wednesday afternoon and the Kumbharwada Chowk on Veer Santaji Ghorpade Road is bustling with activity. Temporary shops put up on one side of the road have hundreds of people checking out products and bargaining with sellers. Both the parties are completely oblivious to the burgeoning traffic at this chowk near Chhatrapati Shivaji Stadium.
Every Wednesday and Sunday, from 9 am to 7 pm, this flea market, known as Juna Bazaar comes alive. As the name suggests, Juna means old, so one can buy old and second-hand stuff here for cheap, if one is good at bargaining! Battling the heat, rain and cold, vendors put up their stalls to sell everything from mixer-grinder to computers, mobile phones, gym equipment, decorative items, household products, musical instruments, gramophones and even antique stuff like coins, daggers and bells.
The bazaar was called Mangalwar Bazaar during the era of Shivaji Maharaj, when it was held on Tuesdays. A century ago, it was renamed as Juna Bazaar.
Stretched over half a kilometre, Juna Bazaar is a place where one can buy a bicep rod for Rs 300, a mobile phone for Rs 400 or an antique coin for Rs 50. Thousands of buyers throng the haat (an Indian term for market) and you have to fight your way through to your object of desire. There is hardly any space for people to walk, because shops are lined up on both sides. And since customers haggle for prices and sellers quibble for their quoted price, the environment is far from ‘peaceful’!
The bazaar is the source of livelihood for around 700 shop owners. There are a few families whose third generation are now running the business. For instance, the maternal grandmother of Nizam Suleman Sikar, the president of Juna Bazar, first took up a stall, which later his parents took over. Its present owner is Nizam. For the past 60 years, he has seen the market flourish, in terms of response. However, for the sellers, the situation hasn’t changed. “Nothing really has changed in the market. We still continue running the shops as we used to,” he says.
The biggest attraction of the haat, for both locals and expats, who drop in occasionally, are the antique goods. Bharat Solanke, a city-based interior designer, has been visiting the market for the past five years, especially to buy antique pieces.
“These items are cheap but good. Sometimes I come across unique stuff, which is not available anywhere else in the city. I always make it a point to visit Juna Bazaar once in three weeks and every time I pick up something interesting,” says Bharat while examining a glass object.
The shop owners, who travel across the state to collect the items, say that it has become a tedious task to source the products. In fact, Nizam says that it’s becoming a challenge to collect antique and second-hand goods, so a lot of vendors are now selling new products.
Shafdar Khan, an antique shop-owner confirms, “Earlier, Juna Bazar was famous for the antique pieces. People, from across the country would come here, including foreigners. But now it’s becoming tough to source such pieces. So vendors have started selling electronic items, clothes and watches.”
For music connoisseurs, the gramophone and Long Play (LP) records that can be bought at Juna Bazaar, are a big draw. Mandar Kulkarni, who owns a gramophone, has been visiting the bazaar for the last 15 years, just to collect LPs.
He says, “I love listening to Manna Dey, so I keep coming back to buy the LPs of his songs and contrary to what people say about the quality of stuff available here, the LPs I pick up never give me any trouble.”
As Nizam rightly says, “All kinds of people come here. Rich and poor. That’s the beauty of Juna Bazar.”
If you have not made a trip to this market yet, please plan one soon. You will enjoy the sight and perhaps end up buying a lot of stuff too!
Juna Bazar Pune - Chor Bazaar Pune:-
Juna Bazaar is the best market for all sorts of Second-Hand Goods.
It blocks one side of the road every Sunday and Wednesday.
One of the Oldest Market in Pune, As someone has said "someone’s Trash may be Treasure for someone else" this market was previously based on this saying. but now in last couple of years things has been changed. In this Juna Bazaar you can Antique, Used, Second hand, refurbished, Duplicate Products as well New and latest Garments, Automobiles spare parts, Electronic Items and much more. I think it is based on same name.. Cool ha? Best place to collect Antique coins. But be aware some people have mastered Art of converting normal metal piece into Rare looking 200-300 years back currency. If you have never been to this market then visit once and to get good deal you must be good negotiator. Have fun !
Some Old Memories of Juna Chor Bazar Pune
1 comments:
Hi Akanksha, Mohit this side. Can you please tell me how was your review on electronic market specially? Are those genuine products, working or fake products?
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