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Pazhaniappan

Groceteria

There's a hidden gem in a narrow alley of Matunga,
the bastion of all things South Indian. Step into
Pazhaniappan Groceteria, established 25 years ago,
and stock up on all your South Indian food needs

Text: Preethi Ganesh Photographs: Farzana Contractor

here are numerous motifs of South need for South Indian cooking, including
Indian lifestyles and customs that kitchen gadgets, you will find it at PG.
Tone encounters all over Matunga This was initially a wholesale store
but the fresh market, laden with vegetable called P Ramalingam Stores which was
and fruits in Matunga East, has to be a established in 1954. Around 25 years ago,
bastion of all that is beautiful and all that is it transformed into the hidden gem that
South India. However one special nook is it is now, in its current retail form. The
All your South Indian gro- concealed within a narrow alley known as store is named after Mr Ramalingam's son,
ceries in one place
Lakshmi Narayan Lane just off the market Pazhaniappan, and is efficiently managed
and behind Kabutar Khana. Here lies a and operated under the watchful yet
Kitchen gadgets unique establishment called Pazhaniappan unobtrusive guidance of Balamurugan.
like these!
Groceteria (PG). This establishment caters to a wide
If there is anything you would possibly range of culinary needs, from providing a

Store manager, Balamurugan

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