This is basically an "organized" flea market, where one has to rummage through junk and hopefully find treasures. The reason it is known as "thieves market", is because it is assumed that goods sold there are stolen. Chor Bazaar is off the beaten path, but everyone knows about it. It is basically a maze of alleys.
The largest flea market opens on every Friday and the days proceedings end only by the evening Muslim prayers i.e. Magrib. This is one of the reasons it is also called as Jumma Bazaar.
The primary source of 50% of the stuff that is sold in Chor Bazaar comes from another Flea Market called the Waghri Bazaar. It is situated at the grounds of Lane No 13 , Kamathipura, near Mumbai Central. This wholesale flea market opens up at 4 am every Friday and closes by 8 am. Most of the sellers are Gujrathi Hindus and most buyers are Muslim dealers from Chor Bazaar.
These buyers own shops in Chor Bazaar and thus by 9 am on Friday they open up their businesses.
There's a saying about this area, if you lose anything in Mumbai you can buy it back from the "Chor Bazaar". It has been mentioned in popular novels like Rohinton Mistry's Such a Long Journey.
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