JAIPUR
Jaipur's jewelry and gem hub — genuine trade exists here, but so does the 'one day sale' scam network. Never buy 'investment' gemstones pitched as resellable abroad; if a shopkeeper claims a special same-day discount because you were 'brought by a friend,' walk out.
Laid out as part of Sawai Jai Singh II's original 1727 grid plan for Jaipur, in which trades were assigned to distinct market streets, Johari Bazaar was designated for jewelers and gem merchants and has functioned as a jewelry hub for close to 300 years. The king invited skilled artisans, particularly practitioners of kundan and meenakari enamel work, to settle here, cementing Jaipur's reputation as a center of gemstone cutting and jewelry craft. It remains one of the primary commercial streets of the walled Pink City, its symmetrical layout following the Vastu-based city plan.
