Padma Priya Stores

Padma Priya Stores is right here in Besant Nagar at number 5, Palanivel House. We are on Paindiamman Koil Street, which is quite close to the Astalakshmi Temple. You can usually hear the temple bells and the sounds of the devotees from our front door. It’s a nice area to be in, though it gets very crowded on the weekends and during festival days. I’ve been running this little shop for a long time now. It’s not a supermarket or anything large. Just a local store where we keep the essentials people need for their homes. My family helps out behind the counter when things get really busy. We know most of the people who walk through the door by their first names. It’s a small space, so we have to stack the bags and containers pretty high to fit everything on the shelves. Sometimes the delivery trucks have a hard time finding a place to park on this narrow street, but we usually figure it out. I spend a lot of my time sweeping the floor and rearranging the spice jars. We don't have a big website or a corporate office. People just know where we are by word of mouth. It’s an old-fashioned way of doing things, I suppose. We try to be helpful and keep the stock ready for whatever the neighbors ask for. Life around Besant Nagar moves at its own speed. Some days are very slow, and other days we are on our feet until late at night.