Payal Saree

We are located in the VTM Market. If you’ve been there you know it’s a bit of a maze sometimes. We just call it Payal Saree and we’ve been here since the market was much smaller than it is now. It’s a lot of work keeping up with the different styles that come in and go out. The market is always loud with people shouting and carts rolling over the floor. We spend our mornings unpacking boxes and trying to figure out where to put everything. Our space isn’t very big so we have to stack things high up to the ceiling. Sometimes it’s a struggle to find a specific color if it’s at the bottom of a pile. We don't have any fancy displays or lights. We just put the sarees out so people can feel the fabric and see the work on them. Most of our customers have been coming to us for years and they know exactly where to find us in VTM. We don’t bother with big ads or anything like that. The rent keeps going up but we manage to stay busy enough. It’s just a normal shop run by normal people who know a thing or two about sarees. We drink a lot of chai and talk to the other shopkeepers when it's slow. That's our life.