Erode Textile Markets

Erode Textile Markets are a cluster of wholesale and retail textile markets in Erode, Tamil Nadu, often called Loom City and Turmeric City. Located in central Erode near Panneerselvam Park and at Texvalley in Gangapuram, they are among South India's largest textile trading hubs, known for cotton sarees, lungis, dress materials, and handloom products sourced directly from local powerlooms and handlooms.

Visitors can expect large covered market complexes with hundreds of shops and stalls selling cotton sarees, lungis, towels, bed linens, dress materials and ready-made garments at wholesale and retail prices. The main Abdul Gani Textile Market is a multi-storey wholesale complex with narrow aisles and stacked fabric bundles, while Texvalley is a modern integrated mall-style market with showrooms. Expect busy crowds, bargaining, and bulk purchasing activity, especially on weekdays.

Erode has been a centre for cotton cultivation and handloom weaving for centuries under the Kongu region. With the growth of powerlooms in the 20th century, Erode emerged as a major textile production hub. The Abdul Gani Textile Market was established in 1983 to organize wholesale trade, and Texvalley was developed in 2014 as an integrated textile market complex under the Ministry of Textiles scheme to modernize textile marketing.

Textile trade is central to the cultural and economic identity of Erode, known as Loom City. The markets showcase the handloom and powerloom heritage of Kongu Nadu, including traditional cotton sarees, lungis and towels woven by local weaver communities, and serve as a major livelihood source for weavers, traders and dyers in the region.