Pune's Gargi by PNGS Opens Its 50th Store in Chinchwad

There is a homecoming tucked inside Pune's festive shopping news. Gargi by P. N. Gadgil and Sons, the contemporary jewellery brand from the 194 year old Pune house of PNGS, has opened its 50th store at Elpro City Square Mall in Chinchwad, in the Pimpri Chinchwad half of the city where so much of Pune's new buying now lives.

Fashion Value Chain reported the milestone on November 4. The Chinchwad opening capped a busy October in which Gargi opened four stores across four states: Netaji Subhash Place in Delhi, a first store in Gujarat at Nexus Mall in Ahmedabad, a first presence in Jaipur, and the 50th store close to home in Pune. The range in each store is everyday 925 sterling silver, statement pieces and certified natural diamond jewellery, aimed at women buying jewellery for themselves, for workdays and weekends as much as for festive evenings.

Co-founder and chief executive Aditya Modak marked the milestone by calling the fifty stores fifty communities of women who have chosen Gargi as part of their personal style, and said the brand's job is design that is contemporary, honest in quality and easy to own. The brand says it will enter more cities through the festive and wedding season and keep building its online presence alongside the stores.

For Pune shoppers, the local point is simpler. A house this city has bought wedding gold from for generations is now competing for the everyday jewellery wallet in a Chinchwad mall, in silver and natural diamonds rather than in heavy sets.

Buyer takeaway: If you visit the new Chinchwad store, compare the per gram and per carat pricing on silver and diamond pieces with the same design online, ask for the diamond certificate and the buyback terms in writing, and check today's live gold rate on our Pune page before a gold purchase.

Source: Fashion Value Chain, 4 Nov 2026