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Turmeric Powder (Haldi)
₹30.00 – ₹55.00
Description
- Turmeric is considered highly auspicious in India and has been used extensively in various Indian ceremonies for millennia.
- Even today it is used in every part of India during wedding ceremonies and religious ceremonies
- Turmeric has played an important role in both Buddhist and Hindu spiritualism. The robes of the Buddhist monks were traditionally colored with a yellow dye made of turmeric.
- It is used in pooja to make a form of Lord Ganesha.
- Ganesha, the remover of obstacles, is invoked at the beginning of almost any ceremony and a form of Ganesha for this purpose is made by mixing turmeric with water and forming it into a cone-like shape.
- It is offered to Gods during pooja.
Quantity
- 50 gms , 100 gms
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