H. Amrelia Textiles
Mulji Jetha Market
Dress material store
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Built in 1880 by the cotton merchant Mulji Jetha, this is the wholesale cloth market that sat at the centre of the Bombay textile trade when the city ran on cotton. Hundreds of shops, arranged in numbered lanes, mostly selling in bulk.
It is next to Mangaldas Market and the two are often treated as one district. Mulji Jetha is the more strictly wholesale of the two.
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4things to know
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Inside the market
The sections, the shops and what each one sells| Name | Where | What is there |
|---|---|---|
| The numbered cloth lanes1880 | Sheikh Memon Street, Kalbadevi | Wholesale fabric, arranged by lane and type. |
| Grey cloth and processing agents | within the market | The link between the mills, the processors and the garment trade. |
| Mangaldas Market1870s | adjoining | The retail-friendlier cloth market next door. |
| Swadeshi Market | Kalbadevi | A third cloth cluster in the same lanes. |
| Zaveri Bazaar1860s | a few lanes away | The gold market, in the same district. |
| Bhuleshwar | adjoining | Imitation jewellery, utensils and the rest of the wholesale trade. |
Worth knowing before you go
- This is a wholesale market. Retail buyers are better served at Mangaldas.
- Minimum quantities are the norm, usually by the than (bolt).
- Weekdays only. The whole district effectively shuts on Sunday.
- The Bombay textile trade was built here. It is worth seeing for that alone.
Named shops
Textiles and Fabric
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Ruchita Sarees
Mulji Jetha Market
Saree wholesaler
Ruchita Sarees is a saree wholesaler at 62/68 Kanodiya House, Kalbadevi Road, Vithalwadi, Mumbai.
C. Chhaganlal & Co.
Mulji Jetha Market
Saree house
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Ladlee
Mulji Jetha Market
Ethnic wear store
Ladlee is an ethnic wear store at 592/593 Narayan Dhuru Street, Mulji Jetha Market, Mumbai.
Shanti Sarees
Mulji Jetha Market
Saree wholesaler
Shanti Sarees is a saree wholesaler at Rooms 1 & 2, 73/75 Kalbadevi Road, Mumbai.
Named houses
2 named here, each opening a search in a new tab; the trade pages below carry more| Name | Where | What they carry |
|---|---|---|
| Ghella Dayal & Co 1850 | Mulji Jetha Market, Kalbadevi | Mulls and grey cloth since 1850; cambric and grey mull for dhotis and lungis, sold to Kerala and Saurashtra. One of the oldest cloth houses in the city. |
| Mulji Jetha Market Association | Mulji Jetha Market, Kalbadevi | The shop owners’ body that runs the market; a ten-member board must approve any sale of a shop. |
What is traded here, trade by trade
The other markets
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