Chawri Bazaar

For getting the books printed in Delhi, there would be Shri Nathji sitting in a dark and smelly printing press with all the noise of machines clanging in his ears, discussing the rate quotations of press managers; there would be Shri Nathji in the paper sellers market of Chawri Bazaar, siting in a small dingy shop looking at the samples of paper being shown to him, listening to the rates being quoted, and generally acceptingeverything that was offered to him.It was an ordeal getting inside Chawri Bazaar and getting out of it; the crowds, the filth and the flies, the narrow streets where cars could barely crawl and the hot weather all made the trip impossible. This was Shri Nathji's way of giving his darshan and blessings to the world of printing, to the poor in the streets of Chawri Bazaar, to the paper merchants and the press managers and the binders. Had Shri Nathji not gone to these places, these souls would have been left bereft of the darshan and blessings of God in human form. It was to bless them that Shri Nathji was placing his own delicate body into such torment.

Chawri Bazar is a specialized wholesale market of brass and paper products. Established in 1840, with a hardware market, it was the first wholesale market of Old Delhi it lies to the west of Jama Masjid in Delhi, lies. Once popularly known for its dancing girls and courtesans in the 19th century, frequented by nobility and rich alike. The street is named after a Marathi word chawri, which means meeting place. The street got this name mainly because here a 'sabha' or meeting would take place in front of a noble's house and he would try settling the disputes before it would reach the emperor. A second reason is probably that a gathering used to get organized when a respected dancer performed and showed the finer nuances of her skill. The whole ambience of the street however got changed after the 1857 war when British destroyed many huge mansions of the nobles. However, at present Chawri Bazar is more known as the wholesale market of paper products than copper or brass. From beautiful wedding cards to attractive wallpapers to nice greetings to any types of papers required for any use, everything is available here in retail as well as in wholesale. Though the whole process is very exhausting but it will be a day to remember, as you will definitely enjoy it.