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{{Infobox shopping mall
| name = E.K.M. Abdul Gani Textile Market
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| location = [[Panneer Selvam Park]]
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| address = [[Erode]]<br />[[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]].<br>[[Postal Index Code|PIN]] – 638 001
| opening_date = {{start date and age|1983}}
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| developer = [[Erode City Municipal Corporation]]
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| owner = [[Erode City Municipal Corporation]]
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| number_of_stores = 1000
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'''Abdul Gani Textile Market''' locally called as '''Gani Market''', is one of the wholesale and retail [[textile]] [[marketplace|markets]] located in the city of [[Erode]] in [[Tamil Nadu]], India.<ref name="Onam sale at Erode">{{cite news|title=Gani market makes 100 crore turnover|url=http://textileviews.blogspot.in/2007/08/erode-gani-textile-market-is-witnessing.html
|access-date=30 November 2016|work=Textileviews|date=20 August 2007}}</ref> It is owned, operated and maintained by [[Erode City Municipal Corporation]].

== Outlets and traders ==
Being one of the biggest textile market in the state, it houses 1000 individual shops including 300 permanent shops. Both wholesale and retail trading of textile goods happen here. The market opens everyday and the weekly market shops opens on Monday-Tuesday. Over-night trading reveals a lot of transactions in this market. The market intakes more than 10,000 footfalls, sometimes even 30,000 footfalls during the festive seasons. This market receives textile merchants from the nearby districts as well as the nearby states like Kerala.<ref name="Erode eyes AMRUT to restore its Glory">{{cite news|title=Erode Eyes 'AMRUT' to Restore Cauvery Glory| url=http://m.dailyhunt.in/news/india/english/the+new+indian+express-epaper-newexpress/erode+eyes+amrut+to+restore+cauvery+glory-newsid-52851639|access-date=30 November 2016|work=Dailyhunt|date=4 May 2016|location=[[Erode]]}}</ref><ref name="Deepavali Business picks up at Gani Textile market">{{cite news|title=Gani Market stores and footfall|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/deepavali-business-picks-up-at-gani-textile-market/article5287275.ece|access-date=30 November 2016|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=30 October 2013|location=[[Erode]]}}</ref><ref name="Spinning a success story">{{cite news|title=History of Gani market|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/erode-becomes-merchants-dream-with-its-cheap-cloth/1/318524.html|access-date=30 November 2016|work=Indiatoday|date=15 July 1991|location=[[Erode]]}}</ref><ref name="Flooded with visitors, Gani market lacks basic amenities">{{cite news|title=Market history and data|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/coimbatore/Flooded-with-visitors-Kani-Market-lacks-basic-amenities/articleshow/44808364.cms|access-date=30 November 2016|work=Times of india|date=14 October 2014|location=[[Coimbatore]]}}</ref><ref name="Demand for Bedsheets up in Erode Textile markets">{{cite news|title=Sales in Market|url=http://www.textilebasics.com/news_fullstory.php?id=14158|access-date=30 November 2016|work=TextileBasics|date=28 November 2007|location=[[Erode]]}}</ref> [[Bhavani Jamakkalam]] is one of the most sold products in this market.<ref name="Sales dip at Erode Shandy">{{cite news|title=sales in Gani market|url=http://alloftextiles.com/news_details.aspx?id=11684|access-date=30 November 2016|work=alloftextiles|date=1 January 2014|location=[[Erode]]}}</ref><ref name="What to do in Erode">{{cite news|title=purchase locations in Erode|url=http://www.veethi.com/travel/Erode-what_to_do-74.htm|access-date=30 November 2016|work=veethi|location=[[Erode]]}}</ref>

==Modern Textile Hub==
Presently, the congested market structure is being reconstructed under Smart City Scheme. A modern Textile Hub is coming up in the place of market complex.<ref name="modernise Textile Hub">{{cite news|title=Work to modernise Textile Hub|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Coimbatore/work-to-modernise-textile-hub-at-gani-market-begins/article30427633.ece|access-date=29 December 2019|location=[[Erode]]}}</ref>

Other major wholesale and retail textile markets functioning in the city are
* Texvalley Integrated Textile Mall on [[NH 544]] Salem-Kochi Western Bypass Road
* Central Textile Market on Gandhiji Road
* Ashokapuram Textile Market on Bhavani Road
Apart from this, there are several street markets functioning inside the city areas like Thiruvengadasamy (TVS) Street, Eswaran Kovil Street, Brough Road and Veterinary hospital Road.

==See also==
* [[TexValley]]

== References ==
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[[Category:Economy of Erode]]
[[Category:Wholesale markets in India]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Tamil Nadu]]
[[Category:Textile industry in Tamil Nadu]]

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Abdul Gani Textile Market - Revision history

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