Sahara Darwaja Textile Market, Surat

Sahara Darwaja is a junction on Surat's Ring Road and one of the densest textile market areas in the city, with dozens of saree, suit and fabric markets within walking distance. Read the full answer

Surat is one of India's largest textile manufacturing and wholesale centres, best known for sarees, dress materials and man-made fabrics such as polyester and viscose. Weaving, dyeing, printing, embroidery and wholesale trading all happen in the same city. Read the full answer

Among single complexes, Raghukul Textile Market (about 3,350 shops) and Millennium Textile Market (about 3,300 shops) are two of the largest, followed by Kohinoor Textile Market (about 2,500 shops). As an area, Ring Road is the biggest textile wholesale belt. Read the full answer

Most of Surat's textile markets are on and around Ring Road in the south-east of the city, between Delhi Gate and Udhna Darwaja, about 5 km from Surat railway station. Newer markets are in Umarwada and Saroli. Read the full answer

Surat railway station, on the main Mumbai–Ahmedabad–Delhi line, is about 5 km from the Ring Road markets, roughly 15–25 minutes by auto-rickshaw or cab. Surat also has an airport, and most international visitors arrive via Mumbai or Ahmedabad. Read the full answer