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Anokhi, Khan Market, Delhi
Anokhi is a Jaipur textile label founded in 1970 that revived Rajasthani hand-block printing with natural dyes and village printers. In Delhi, its best-known shop is the terracotta-red corner store at 32 Khan Market, open daily 10:30–20:00, with clothing downstairs and soft furnishings upstairs.
A Jaipur label founded in 1970 that put Rajasthani hand-block printing back on its feet, working with natural dyes and village printers. The terracotta-red corner shop has been in Khan Market since the early 1990s: block-printed clothing downstairs, quilts, tablecloths and soft furnishings up the stairs, where the cottons are easiest to compare in daylight. This guide names it as the no-risk alternative to buying silk on trust in a bazaar. The company also runs a hand-printing museum in Jaipur, recognised by UNESCO.
Hand-block prints with natural dyes: textiles you can buy without second-guessing
What Anokhi is
John and Faith Singh started Anokhi in 1970 to make contemporary things with traditional Indian techniques. The core is hand-block printing in natural vegetable dyes, done with artisans in villages around Jaipur; the company also employs rural women in embroidery, appliqué and patchwork.
The practical reason to come: these are textiles you can buy without second-guessing what you are holding. It is the company's own shop, not a bazaar stall.
The Khan Market store
- Address: 32 Khan Market, New Delhi 110003. The shop has been here since the early 1990s.
- Hours: Monday to Sunday, 10:30–20:00; last entry 19:45.
- Ground floor: clothing for women, men and children, including the ANOKHI-KARDO menswear line.
- Upstairs: quilts, tablecloths and other soft furnishings, the easiest place to compare cottons in daylight.
- Phone: 011 2460 3423.
Other Anokhi shops in Delhi, and the museum in Jaipur
Besides Khan Market, Anokhi lists stores in Greater Kailash, Nizamuddin, Saket and Vasant Kunj.
If you are going on to Jaipur, the company's Anokhi Museum of Hand Printing is in a restored haveli (mansion) in Amber. It received a UNESCO Heritage Award for cultural conservation in 2000.
❓ FAQ
What are Anokhi Khan Market timings?
Daily 10:30–20:00, with last entry at 19:45.
Is Anokhi expensive?
Anokhi does not publish a price guide. It is the company's own store rather than a bazaar stall, and what you pay for is hand-block printing in natural dyes from a company with a long record in the craft.
Where else is Anokhi in Delhi?
Anokhi lists stores in Greater Kailash, Nizamuddin, Saket and Vasant Kunj as well as Khan Market.
Is Anokhi a Delhi brand?
No, it is from Jaipur, where it was founded in 1970. It runs about 25 stores across India and sells through stockists in Europe and the United States.
What does Anokhi sell?
Hand-block-printed clothing for women, men and children, plus quilts, tablecloths and other home textiles.