Presenting a gift during any auspicious program is an old then among Indians. So while choosing your gift be selective.
Delhi, the capital of India is rich in cultural heritage. The place is famous for its very rich arts and craft which has got the deep influence of the Mughal period; besides the city being highly communicated by Rajasthan, the beautiful stone cut crafts and very colourful clothing and rag dolls from there too make its place in Delhi shops; similarly, the wooden and brass made artefacts from Uttar Pradesh, the woollens from Simla and leather and pashmina garments from Kashmir too find places there in the shelves of souvenir shops. The Delhi market floods with cheap but elegantly designed and tasteful clothing. Around the year, there are heavy sellings of this taking place. Sweetmeats from Delhi are another popular choice because of its vast cultural diversity. On one side, there one can find authentic Bengali preparations like rashogolla, sandesh and mishti doi, on the other hand there are Mughlai recipes like phirni, kheer, barfi and laddo, Rajasthani style pedas, Punjabi delicacy like pinni and even south Indian dosas, idli and utthapam. Delhi is famous for the businesses of dry fruits which come from the Himalayan states. There are extensive usages of these dry fruits in Delhi’s very own cooked food which are loved the world over.
Thus when it comes to sending gifts to UK from Delhi, the choice is far too many. The people from Delhi now living in UK can be pampered far too easily by their friends and family when it comes to items for sending as gifts from Delhi to UK. The gifting items also can be jewelleries made out of bone, art of zardausi or work of golden threads on saris, making of silver papers or varak, the famous meenakari works, richly designed silverwares, pottery etc. There are very particularly authentic Indian items made of silver, brass, sandalwood or rosewood, clay or porcelain etc. such as tray, tumbler, jugs, kumbh or kalash, jhoola or swings, idols of Lord Ganesha, Radha Krishna and Yaksha etc. which has gained world wide fame to be readily identified as souvenirs from India.
Of let, Indianised weddings are held decorated with lotus flowers and marigold. These had included them too as items for sending as gifts from Delhi to UK. If it is an auspicious ceremony, Indian flowers are high on choice for sending as gifts from Delhi to UK because of their varieties and uncommonness and cheapness too on availability. Big likings of the flowers from Delhi helped in the development of the age old flower markets of the city too much like the markets selling authentic Indian garments like saris and salwar kameez, kurta pyjamas and dhotis etc.
These days when sending of gifts from Delhi to UK is easy and fast, people from India take the opportunity to send precious gifts to their loved ones on almost every social, religious and cultural occasion. In national festivals like Raksha bandhan, Dusshera and Diwali, particularly, there are heavy rush on sending gifts. People use to put orders with gift shops and different agencies who arrange for selecting from range of gifting items and send them quickly abroad. The service these days become so developed and fast that sending gifts from Delhi to UK in the form of a fresh flower bouquet or a basket of Kashmiri apples too is easily possible.
The author writes for GiftsAcrossIndia.com, An India based Online gift store, where from you can send gifts to Delhi from UK and from anywhere in the world. Browse from thousands of gift items and send gifts to Noida, as well as rest of India.
