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Bikaner Shopping

Bikaner Shopping is fun, as there are a variety of things to take back home as souvenirs. Besides luxury shopping, there is a wide range of other daily things to shop from Bikaner. This city is called the Camel City, chiefly because of the large number of camels, which are used for various purposes.

Souvenir Shopping in Bikaner

In the past, life in Bikaner without camels was unimaginable. These animals were required for all aspects of life. Craft works from camel skin and wool are very popular among tourists. You can easily go for camel buying handmade carpets, Nokha quilts and woolen garments made from camel wool. Other items of shopping from Bikaner might include the indigenous Rajasthani paintings, embroidered shoes and traditional jewelry, worn by the Bikaneri women.

Food Shopping in Bikaner

Among food items, sweets made from camel milk are popular. Camel milk sweets are put up for sale during the Bikaner Camel Festival, though they are locally available as well. There are other types of sweets as well. The Bikaner bhujia and the rasgullas are well in demand among the residents as well as travelers.

Bikaner shopping is very exciting to explore the city and its cultural heritage that has developed over a time span of five hundred years.

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