Shopping at Parry's Corner
Parry's Corner is one of the busiest place in chennai which is known for shopper's delight. We can find and buy any kind of things in a very cheapest rate. This is one of the jam-packed areas in Chennai.Parry's corner is nowadays very busiest place where everything can be sold here. Nearest to Parry's corner is the Burma Bazaar where all genus of imported goods are sold here.
Parry's Corner in Chennai
Parry's corner is a shopper's enjoyment which is one of the busiest places in Chennai junction which is originated at 1895 when a passenger vehicle powered by electricity conveyed by overhead cables and running on rails laid in a public road began to travel regularly for commercial purposes. In Tamil we can call Parry's as "Pari Munai'. One can buy any type of things including imported items here in a very cheapest rate. This is one of the jam-packed areas in Chennai. Parry's is situated in close proximity to the Chennai port at the juncture of Beach road and NSC Bose road. The name Parry's is named after a foreigner called Thomas Parry who a Celtic man was doing wood furniture commercial business and set up the EID Parry company in the year of 1787. Several partnerships followed and this becomes Parry & Co in 1819. Nevertheless Thomas Parry was keep on looking for new prospects and in the year of 1805 parry established San Thome which is considered as the first industry started at Chennai.
Thomas Parry bought a land and garden house (presently Leith Castle) diagonally the way from high court and later developed as an office of parry and lane. Later on this garden house is expanded to export military leather ware. As years move, Parry & Co business unit is considered as a second largest business unit in India for uninterrupted business. Parry died because of Cholera near Cuddalore in 1824.Where he was buried Parry's was considered as the well established place in Chennai. The corporate headquarters was stand on the corner and this company is famous for commercial banking, trading and also a major hub for intracity and intercity bus service. But at present the intercity bus service is transferred to Koyambedu. Conventional trading in Parry's Corner
Parry's corner is nowadays very busiest place where everything can be sold here. Nearest to Parry's corner is the Burma Bazaar where all genus of imported goods are sold here. There is a place called "George town" which is the whole sale area within itself has so many streets and 
each street is famous for one special type of things. Roving those streets one after the other continuously is a immense exposure to see a special part of life. Few examples of those streets in "George Town" in given below:
• Kasi Chetty Street – Famous for stationery items
• Anderson Street – Famous for Paper products
• Devaraj mudali Street – Famous for cosmetics and makeup things
• Elephant gate Street – Famous for fabrics and textiles
Parry's corner consists of lot of shops which are worth stopover. Thing to be kept in mind is that should negotiate for prices in almost all the shops. The shops in Parry's Corner are ready made garments including crafts and embroidery, traditional dresses, antiques, art and artificial jewels are easily made available. Conventional bits and pieces like Pattamara mats, Palmyra fiber handicrafts, brass and bronze castings and traditional jewellary, metal works and stone carvings, Kanchipuram and Arni silks are also available. Also musical items, children toys are available in a very cheapest rate. There are also many other shops which are selling variety of goods and a move along those places will catch up your eyes. Visit to Parry's Corner
Any one may decide to take a long run to Parry's Corner. Visitors can see that there are so many fancy bangle shops at Sowcarpet, NSC Bose road. Also Tanjore paintings, Kerala and Ajantha murals, glass paintings. Candle works are seen here. It's really amazing and fantastic to roam around the NSC Bose road. It will take approximately 1 hour to reach Parry's corner from Beach Road. Sowcarpet is considered as a mini north India. There are so many shops to purchase chudidhars, salwars, sarees, etc., but we should bargain for each and every thing. Then only we will find benefit. In the road side we can find also samosas, Pani Puri, etc., and utilize it for snacks time or time pass. Very near to it Hotel Adyar Anandha Bhavan at Triplicane, can have nice food here. We can find here the Workshop on painting.Hotels in Parry's Corner
Anandha Bhavan Lodging House
Annapoorna Hotel
Arya Vysya Meal Hotel
Chennai Palace Hotel
Hotel Green Palace
Hotel Indian PalaceRestaurants in Parry's Corner
A one New Andhra Vilas Restaurant
Club House
Chandra Bhavan
Chennai Woodlands
