Sri Vijaya Lakshmi Store

Sri Vijaya Lakshmi Store has been sitting at 480 Mahalakshmi Layout for quite some time. We are right on the 18th Cross, near Margosa Road in Malleswaram West. This area is pretty traditional and we like it that way. The shop is full of all sorts of things packed onto the shelves. Sometimes it feels like there isn't enough room to walk, but we know where every single item is kept. If you need something, you just have to ask. We spend most of our day standing behind the counter, weighing things out or bagging groceries for the families who live nearby. Malleswaram is a busy place, especially in the mornings when everyone is out getting their supplies for the day. You can hear the temple bells and the vegetable sellers from where we stand. We don’t have a website or any of that modern stuff. We just open the shutters early and stay until the evening. The floor is made of old stone and it’s seen a lot of feet over the years. We keep the accounts in big paper books because that’s how we’ve always done it. It’s a bit dusty sometimes with all the bags of grain, but it’s a good kind of busy. People stop by not just to buy things, but to chat about the weather or the news. It’s just a regular neighborhood store doing what it does every day. We just try to serve our customers and keep the shelves stocked.