About Central Textile Market
Central Textile Market is a wholesale textile market in Periyar Nagar (Veterinary Hospital Road), Erode specialising in Innerwear, Banians & Everyday Garments. Best suited to retailers buying innerwear, banians, shirts, dhotis and everyday garments in bulk.
The Central Textile Market is in central Erode on Veterinary Hospital Road, under a kilometre from both Erode Junction and Erode bus stand. It stands on the site of the old Central Theatre. The theatre property was used to house a textile market, which took the name Central Textile Market, and locals still call the area "Central Theatre".
The heart of the Monday night market
The Central Textile Market is now the centre of Erode's weekly textile market. Trading starts on Monday evening, from about 7 PM, and runs through the night into Tuesday, spilling onto Gandhiji Road and State Bank Road. Since the weekly sandhai at Gani Market stopped, wholesale buyers have come here and to Ashokapuram. It is a privately run market.
What is sold
The market specialises in everyday garments, sold wholesale and retail: banians and vests, men's and ladies' innerwear, lungis, towels, shirts, pants, T-shirts, shorts, track suits, kurtas, leggings, cotton petticoats, children's wear, baby dresses and handkerchiefs.
Who comes
Traders from Erode, Tiruppur, Coimbatore, Namakkal, Salem, Karur and Dindigul sell here. Buyers come from across Tamil Nadu and from Kerala, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.
What you'll find here
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List your shop freeBuying tips for Central Textile Market
- Arrive Monday evening
- Buy by the dozen
- Walk the nearby roads
Questions buyers ask
Where is the Central Textile Market in Erode?
On Veterinary Hospital Road in central Erode, on the site of the old Central Theatre, under 1 km from Erode Junction and the bus stand.
When is the Central Textile Market busiest?
On Monday night. Trading starts from about 7 PM and runs through the night into Tuesday, as the centre of Erode's weekly textile market.
What is sold at Central Textile Market, Erode?
Everyday garments wholesale and retail: banians, innerwear, lungis, towels, shirts, pants, T-shirts, track suits, kurtas, leggings, petticoats and children's wear.
When is the Erode weekly cloth market?
Every Monday evening, trading through the night into Tuesday. It is centred on the Central Textile Market (old Central Theatre area), Gandhiji Road and State Bank Road, with a second night market in Ashokapuram. It is no longer held at Gani Market. Read the full answer
How do I reach the textile markets in Erode?
The Monday night market and Central Textile Market are around Veterinary Hospital Road, Gandhiji Road and State Bank Road, about 1 km from Erode Junction and the bus stand. Gani Market is near Panneerselvam Park. Texvalley is on NH-544 at Chithode, about 5 km from Erode Junction. Read the full answer