Haridwar offers you some good handicraft items which can be kept as decorative pieces or can be used as gift items. In the markets surrounding the temples, one can find jewellery imitations which are very popular among the devotees. The bangles, chains, ear and nose rings are some items which can be bough there. Then the shops also have items made of stone. From Rishikesh Ganga enters the plains and in all this area it sheds its load of stones which are not only polished naturally but come out in amazing shapes and sizes. These stone are used to make small idols which are very neatly, delicately and intricately carved. Look out for Kitchen set toys made from stone. The main shopping centers are Moti Bazaar, Upper Road, Jwalapur, Kankhal.

Cities of Uttaranchal 

¦¦ Mukteshwar ¦¦ Kausani ¦¦ Auli  ¦¦ Chila ¦¦ Kedarnath ¦¦ Haridwar¦¦ Yamunotri ¦¦  Ranikhet ¦¦ Gangotri ¦¦ Dehra Dun  ¦¦  Almora  ¦¦  Rishikesh  ¦¦  Pithoragarh  ¦¦  Nainital  ¦¦  Mussoorie ¦¦  Badrinath ¦¦

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