Coimbatore 4 - Erode

Coimbatore 4 - Erode - TexValley

Texvalley

This is on the Nation Highway in Erode. Texvalley is a shopping mall exclusively for textiles. It has been promoted by the textile ministry. This mall has two separate building. First building near to the entrance accommodates shops from the locals selling locally produced goods which is in standard rates. While the other building towards the rare end of the Texvalley campus is dedicated to export quality and branded textiles. Texvalley has thousand plus shops. Not all of them are occupied but it has all the popular names in the textile industry. Being a week day it was sparsely populated when we went in. The mall is well maintained and one needs to look into different shops which cater to their needs. But any clothing need can be fulfilled in Texvalley in one visit for the whole family. There is ample parking space but it is not covered. We did buy clothes ranging from t-shirt to kurti to saree. Though not very cheap it was worth the buy. Having spent a good two hours here we rushed to be back on the NH to continue our journey.

On the way, at Salem we worshipped Muthumalai Murugan.

By the time we reached the out skirts of Chennai it was 6PM and heavy traffic made sure we were struck in Perungalathur. It took almost 2 hours to cross Tambaram. Most difficult part of the trip was this, not able to reach home on time. Chennai seems to be back to pre-covid times in terms of traffic, may be more. Need to make sure you hit the Chennai roads before peak hours especially on a week day else you get stuck up and drained out.

Over all a nice trip, change over from the routine Chennai life and happy get together with friends. Until we go out again..

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