Fabric for sale on Cotton street.
January 15, 2026, Wednesday
We had class this morning in the hotel. After class we got some lunch and then took an auto rickshaw to Cotton Street. There were so many options it was hard to choose! They had linen, silks and various weights of cotton fabric. I learned about this street from someone I met in church last Sunday. She offered to take it back to Washington for me, so how could I turn her down? Especially because they sell it for anywhere from $1.00 - $2.00 dollars a meter! She told me that it was unlucky to be the first customer of the day. So, if you go at 11:00 am when they open, you get a very hard sell. But as the day goes on, and that first purchase has been made, they aren't so pushy. We got there around 2:00 pm.
This man from stall #23 is measuring out my cloth. I bought enough to make a queen size quilt and got plenty for $40 dollars. That's a bargain!
I got a fun selection of blues and greens.
My stash. It looks a little wet because our water bottle leaked on them on the way back to the hotel.
I like the color of the bark on this tree. I was still seeing fabric designs . . . .
Bauhinia--it smelled nice!
A Canna Lily in pretty colors.
Finally we walked through the St. George Cathedral. It is an Anglican church built in 1815. It had memorials and tablets just inside the door to many of the early military leaders who lived in Madras Chennai's earlier name. It also had stained glass windows and a green parrot flying around inside making lots of noise while it struggled to find a way out.
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