Arihant Light & Mandap Decorators

Our shop is right in Sadar Bazar, near the Gurudvara Paith. If you know the Giridhar Smardi area, we are at number 789. It is a crowded part of town but that is where everything happens. We spend most of our days untangling wires and checking bulbs. When someone has a wedding, they come talk to us about the mandap. We have some heavy wooden frames and lots of lights that we haul around in the truck. Sometimes the bulbs pop or a wire gets cut, so we are always carrying a toolbox. It’s noisy in the bazar but we like being in the middle of it. We have been working out of this spot for years. The space inside is a bit cramped because of all the metal pipes and cloth rolls we store. Usually, one of us is sitting out front waiting for the next delivery. We don't really have a big office or anything like that. Just a desk and some chairs where we sit and figure out the schedule for the week. In the summers, it gets really hot under the tin roof but the work doesn't stop. We've had to replace our old truck twice now because of the heavy loads of steel pipes we carry for the larger mandaps. People need their events to look okay regardless of the heat. We just show up, put the lights up, and make sure the mandap is sturdy enough for the ceremony. It’s a lot of physical labor but we are used to it by now.