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Ratan Pol
Ratan Pol
Situated in Manekchowk, Ahmedabad, Ratan Pol is a community of Shah and Patel.
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This pol has kapda (cloth) bazaar which is 100 years old. There were 800-1000 shops and the shop owners lived in pols within 1 km of the bazaar. As the time passed, the area was commercialised and the number of shops increased to 2000 shops. The shops sell materials for sarees, shirts and pants, readymade dresses and cloth pieces.
The shops are both retail and wholesale. The shop keepers buy the material for clothes from all over India.
The shops in the bazaar open at 10:30 in the morning and close at 8:30 at night and on Sunday at 6:00 in the evening. Unlike bazaars in Rajkot, they do not take breaks in the afternoon.
Outside all the shops, one employee sits to attract customers by calling out to them. At the entrance of the pol, there are smaller shops selling coconut water, food, sugarcane juice, tea, water, weighing machines and mobile covers.
