Christmas Special: Before the Christmas celebration in Ambikapur, headquarters of Surguja division of Chhattisgarh, there is tremendous excitement in the markets. The markets are fully decorated for the Christmas festival and the shops are crowded with customers. Before Christmas, people of Christian community specially decorate their homes and churches. For this reason, the demand for Christmas stars, colorful lights, Christmas trees, mangers and other attractive decorative items has increased rapidly in the markets. In a 35 year old shop in Ambikapur, decorative items related to Christmas are available at prices ranging from Rs 2 to Rs 4000. A variety of decorative items are available here for people of all ages and budgets, people are coming from far and wide to buy them. The excitement in the markets regarding the Christmas festival is expected to increase further in the coming days. See this report…
Enthusiasm regarding the birth anniversary of Lord Jesus
Pratap Khalkho, who had come to buy Christmas items, told Local 18 that he had come to buy items for home decoration. He said that they celebrate the birthday of Lord Jesus as a big festival. Christmas will be celebrated with full enthusiasm and pomp on 25th December. They believe that the arrival of Lord Jesus has brought peace and blessings in their lives.
Know the customers coming from far away places
Arpit Agrahari, operator of Agrahari General Store, told Local 18 that people come to his shop not only from Surguja but from many nearby areas to shop. Customers reach here from Rajpur, Shankargarh, Kusmi, Sitapur, Batauli as well as Mahendragarh, Anuppur, Singrauli of Madhya Pradesh. Apart from this, a large number of people from different districts of Chhattisgarh also come to buy Christmas items.
Lots of Christmas special decorations
Arpit Agrahari told that many special items related to Christmas are available at the shop. This includes Christmas special manger set, attractive lighting strings, beautiful bells, decorative balls, banners of various designs, foil decorative items, new design wreath bells, pearl garlands and many other decorative items. Apart from this, Christmas trees are also available for the customers.
Dresses for every age and every body type
Aprit told that the entire range of Christmas dresses is available at the shop. The dress is available for people ranging from zero years old to 60–65 years old. Even for heavy body people, dresses are available in different sizes, due to which customers do not face any kind of problem.
Items starting from Rs 2, up to Rs 4000
Regarding prices, Arpit Agrahari said that the prices of goods at the shop start at just Rs 2-3. At the same time, according to the need and capacity of the customers, items ranging from Rs 500, 700, 800, Rs 2000 to Rs 4000 are also available. For this reason, people of every class are able to shop easily from here.
35 years old journey of faith and service
Talking about the history of the shop, Arpit Agrahari told that this business was started by his father. He has been associated with the service of the Lord for the last 35 years. Agrahari General Store is considered to be the oldest shop selling goods related to Christian religion not only in Ambikapur city but also in the entire Surguja division.
Special collection is brought from all over the country
Regarding the availability of goods, he said that Christmas related materials are procured from different parts of the country. Some goods come from Raipur, some from Delhi and Mumbai. At the same time, special items are procured from Goa, Kolkata, Krishna Nagar and various areas of South India. By selectively collecting from different places, all types of items are made available to the customers under one roof.
