Jayalakshmi Silk Centre

If you are looking for Jayalakshmi Silk Centre, we are right on Calicut Main Road in Kondalampatty. Most people find us by looking for Preethi Photo Studio because we are sitting right across from them. It’s a convenient spot, though the traffic on the main road can be a real headache some days. Inside, the shop is filled with different kinds of silk fabrics and sarees stacked up on the shelves. It’s a lot to keep organized, to be honest. We spend a good chunk of the morning just folding things back up after someone has looked through them. Silk is a delicate thing to handle, so you have to be gentle with it. We don't have a huge staff, just a few of us who have been doing this for years. Customers usually come in knowing what they want, or sometimes they just want to feel the texture of the fabric. The lighting in the shop isn't always the best, but we try to show the colors as clearly as possible. It gets quite busy during the wedding season, and that’s when the place feels really small. We’ve been at this address for a long time now. It’s a simple business, really. We buy the stock, we show it to people, and we hope they find something they like. There is always a bit of dust from the road, so we are constantly cleaning the glass counters. It is a lot of work but we like seeing the different colors.