Kishan Marbles

You can find Kishan Marbles at 18/2 on Kaliamman Koil Street in Koyambedu. This part of Chennai is always moving, especially with the big bus station and the market nearby. Our shop is right in the middle of all that chaos. We have been here at this address for years, and we’ve seen the street change a lot. It’s a tight space sometimes because we try to keep as much marble as we can on the floor so people can see the patterns. It’s a lot of heavy lifting and moving pieces around whenever a customer wants to see a slab that's tucked in the back. The noise from the traffic on Kaliamman Koil Street is something we just live with now. We don't have a big fancy team, it’s just a few of us who know where everything is kept. When people come in, they usually have a rough idea of what they want for their kitchen or floors, and we just show them what we’ve got. We don't try to push anything on them. If we have it, we show it. If we don’t, we tell them. It’s a straightforward way of doing things. Sometimes the shop gets a bit messy with stone chips and sand, but we sweep up when we can. It’s a local shop for local people, mostly. We just focus on getting through the day's work and helping the people who walk in.