A place where a book
lovers can hunt valuable books with a low price. Besides the books stores,
Moore market is also famous for its aquarium & fish shops, birdcages,
antiques and odd electronic items.
Located near the ever
busy Center Railway Station, Moore Market originally built to house the hawkers
in the Broadway area
of Madras. Its foundation stone was laid by Sir George
Moore, president of the Madras Corporation in 1898. Over the years, it gradually took
the status of a flea market where one could buy rare and second hand items for
a bargain.
If you expect Moore
market to be filled with cool and hippy bookstores like Landmarks, Crosswords,
Higgins then you will be disappointed. On the contrary, Moore Market is a
gloomy mall packed with several small stores, which primarily offers
old/new/pirated books with endless list of collections ranging from classics, comics,
fictions, non-fictions, (auto)biographies, magazines, school/college text
books,etc. There is no fixed price for any of these books. The price purely
depends on the buyers bargaining skills. The shopkeepers are helpful. The sellers' knowledge about books pertaining to science, humanities and fiction was impressive which helps the buyers to find their choice amidst the heap of books.
In the history of the
market, it was destroyed by a flame in 1985. In the 1940s, the market became a
tourist destination for residents of the Madras Presidency. Anybody who visited
the city wouldn't leave without visiting the market.
Though the More Market
stores lacks the trendy appeal, certainly it has its own charm which keeps it’s
murky stores still thronged with book lovers.
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