Flea markets these days are becoming the treasure trove of all things quirky and kitschy. I like how these flea markets introduce us artists who are designing incredibly creative stuff.
Last Sunday I went to one such flea market –Kitsch Mandi in Bangalore. Eclectic mix of products drenched in loud colors and patterns just attract you towards them. It was fascinating to see how there was a kitsch twist to the simplest of garments, accessories and home decorating items.
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Discover Anjuna beach’s flea market – a Photo Essay
The Anjuna beach flea market should be on every to-do list made for Goa. You can see hippies selling incense sticks, backpackers haggling over Bollywood themed shirts and tourists trying to get a good deal.
The range of shops is impressive. Shops sell birthstones to solve your problems, Swedish music cds, Kashmir shawls, Nataraja statues, jewelery, musical instruments, chess sets and much more.
summer beach sale
stone coasters
Coasters for sale at the Anjuna flea market. The stereotypical Indian elephant is painted on the coasters for the tourists 🙂 . I really like the light from the setting sun on the coasters.
the Cosmic Dancer
A small statuette of Nataraja, the lord of dance at the Anjuna Flea Market.
As the Lord of Dance, Nataraja, Shiva performs the tandava, the dance in which the universe is created, maintained, and dissolved. Shiva’s long, matted tresses, usually piled up in a knot, loosen during the dance and crash into the heavenly bodies, knocking them off course or destroying them utterly. source: Wikipedia
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women will go crazy at the Anjuna flea market
The Anjuna flea market is a heaven for women. The place is littered with earings, bracelets, sari’s, lucky birth stones etc.
The image below is that of bracelets for women (I think!).
Check this great image of birth stones on sale.
Do you want to buy a happy kat?
The Holy Accessories of the market.
a reflection of stones
The Wednesday Flea market at Anjuna, Goa is filled with the most intriguing things on sale. Below are lucky stones to be worn as part of a chain depending on your Sun sign.
Beads for sale
coloured beads seen at the street markets all over Goa…
Noisy Pilgrims 