Khwairamband Bazaar

Khwairamband Bazaar is also known by many other names like Mother's Market, Nupi Keithel and Ima Bazaar. Located at a distance of 3.1 km, this market is unique as it has only women shopkeepers.

There are around 3,000 shops which are owned and run by Manipuri women. These shops sell everything from products like handwoven shawls and skirts to fish, lotus, oranges and orange flavoured honey.

This market is separated by Khwairamband Road, one side of which sells commodities like hand loom shawls, phaneks, khudeis and bedsheets. On the other side, vegetables, fish, household utensils and fruits are sold. The women shopkeepers are mostly ‘Imas’, which means mothers and tribal women wearing colourful and traditional Manipuri attires.

A few steps ahead of the Khwairamband Bazaar, there are various shops which sell beautiful cane baskets and furniture. The intricate designs of these cane baskets and furniture showcase the craftsmanship of Manipuri people.