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We started this tour with Frontier Cloth House. Let's continue walking north towards 49th Ave and bring the story back to fashion once again!

Guru Bazaar was considered a staple of Vancouver’s South Asian retail landscape and Punjabi Market’s biggest family-owned fabric store, carrying every type of fabric imaginable. Owner Sunny Khurana began working at the shop with his father when he was just 10 years old.

But...where exactly is it? Well, it was roughly where the Freshii and INS Market are now located. The old building that previously stood here was home to Guru Bazaar for more than three decades, before the business was moved to 79th Ave and 128th Street in Surrey.

Khurana says one of his biggest fears was losing business to a store that was closer to the clientele he was serving, most of whom had moved to Surrey in 2013 due to high rent costs and the gentrification of the Market. Guru Bazaar was left with little choice but to follow suit.

In its heyday, Guru Bazaar was considered one of the best destinations for Indian garments. Selling high-end sarees, bangles of every colour, wedding outfits, fabrics, shoes, and even gold jewelry. Shoppers would travel from as far as Victoria, Nanaimo, Williams Lake, Prince George, and Terrace.

Let's continue now and walk towards 49th and Main.

And with that, we have reached the end of Part One of the Punjabi Market walking tour. The second half of the tour will begin across the street, in front of Roots Cafe.

Please remove your headphones from your ears, and cross the street safely, as this is an incredibly busy intersection.

See you on the other side.

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from Punjabi Market Walking Tour, released July 3, 2021
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