Chor bazar

Chor bazar is Mumbai's famous Thieves Market where bargain-hungry tourists rummage for Ming vases and Muranos at throwaway prices. The main avenue is Motton Street, flanked by rows of little antique shops that look like musty attics and sell just about anything from old ship parts, grandfather clocks and gramophones, to crystal chandeliers and old English tea sets. Others offer authentic Victorian furniture, wonderful for browsers, antiquarians and restorers. Although bargains are sometimes staggering, most of the shop owners are pretty street smart, and could easily take a self - styled aesthete for a ride, so brush up on your art before you go.

Chor Bazaar is an area in South Mumbai famous for its second-hand goods. Although the name "Chor" means "thief" in Hindi. This area can be considered one of the tourist attractions of Mumbai (Bombay). It is a basically an "organized" flea market, where one has to rumage through junk and hopefully find treasures. The reason it is know as "thief's market", is because it assumed that goods sold there are stolen. Chor Bazaar if off the beaten path, but everyone knows about it.

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