Mar 14, 2025 12:13 PM IST
Holi preparations in Lucknow are of their last levels. Markets are bustling with customers and sellers
Holi preparations in Lucknow are of their last levels. Markets are bustling with customers, crowding numerous outlets promoting colors, pichkaris, apparels, and savouries. The festive vitality is definitely on a excessive. Let’s check out the completely different markets of the town.
Lucknow markets are bustling with customers wrapping their final minute shopping for(Deepak Gupta/HT) 
Lucknow markets throughout Holi 2025(MushtaqAli/HT)
This 12 months, color sellers are seeing excessive demand for gulal. “The sale of herbal gulal is always high. I have ten types of gulal, but herbal is the most sought after. Sales this year are on the rise, and I hope to beat my record of selling 40 kg of gulal a day before Holi, from last year,” says Amar Kaserwani, a makeshift vendor from Sadar.
Lucknow markets throughout Holi 2025
For many who love the normal means of taking part in Holi, pichkari consumers are getting all kinds to select from. Additionally, final 12 months’s hit entrant, the tank pichkari, has been innovated with new twists to draw youngsters and kids.
A younger store proprietor, Priyanshi Agarwal from Harish Merchants, shares, “Pichkaris and tattoos are all selling like hot cakes. Though Sunday’s sales were not as expected, I know the last two days will make up for it. The favorite pichkari this year is the one with Bollywood stars’ caricatures printed on it.”
Lucknow markets throughout Holi 2025(Deepak Gupta/HT)
One other most in-demand merchandise stays Holi-specific T-shirts.
“White T-shirts are being picked the most, be it for kids or elders. We got a fresh lot of white long and short tees with Holi quotes and pictures, and I have sold my first two lots of stuff in the last few days,” provides Ranjul Kumar Raikar, proprietor of two makeshift western attire outlets at Aminabad.”
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