Ghar Ki Diwali
Ghar Ki Diwali / Regional boxes / Goa
Goa box · for Goa and Konkan teams

Narkasur Night

Burn the demon at dawn, then sit down to five kinds of pohe.

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Giant Narkasur effigy paraded in Goa on Narak Chaturdashi night
How Goa celebrates

The story

In Goa, Diwali night is Narkasur night. For weeks, neighbourhood groups build giant, fierce effigies of the demon Narakasura out of paper, straw and bamboo, then parade them through the streets on the eve of Naraka Chaturdashi.

Before dawn the effigies go up in flames. Families take an oil bath, crush a bitter karit fruit underfoot for the demon's defeat, and then sit down to Goa's real Diwali feast: plates of pohe, cooked several ways, with jaggery and coconut.

Pohe are shared from house to house all morning.

Every box lights two homes

The hands behind this box

Goa's women's self-help groups

Goa's pohe, kokum and jaggery are pantry staples made in village homes. Where we can, we buy them from Goan women's self-help groups, so the money stays with the women who dry, pound and pack them.

And the clay diyas in every box are bought from potter families, at the one time of year their work matters most.

We buy from these craft communities in the open market, in bulk, close to Diwali. We name a specific family or group only once they've agreed to be featured.

What's in the box

Every item has a reason.

Beaten rice (pohe)

Pohe sampler + jaggery

The Goan Diwali breakfast: pohe made five ways, with jaggery.

In every box
Whole cashew nuts

Goan cashews

From the state that made cashews its own.

From Deepam box
Fresh kokum fruits

Kokum

The sour-sweet Konkan fruit for sol kadhi after the feast.

From Deepam box

Plus the Paanch Din essentials in every box: diyas, ubtan, a story card, and brass or a coin from the Utsav box up.

How we source it

From the town it's famous for.

Pohe, cashews and kokum come from Goa and the Konkan coast, packed the week of dispatch.
Pohe, jaggeryLocal beaten riceGoa
CashewsGoan cashewGoa
KokumSun-driedKonkan

The legends behind this box

The houses and artisan families whose craft this box celebrates. We buy from makers in these same towns, fresh for your order.

Zantye's
Goan cashews · Bicholim, Goa

Narayan Ganesh Prabhu Zantye set up his first cashew unit in Bicholim in 1926. It was one of Goa's first.

How this box was made

Picked, packed, sealed, sent.

01

Picked fresh

Sweets and snacks are made by local makers the week of dispatch, in the town they're famous for.

02

Packed by hand

Each box is packed by hand, item by item, in the Paanch Din order.

03

A story card

Every box carries a card written for its region, telling the story of how home celebrates.

04

Sealed

Sealed for freshness. Perishables travel only within their freshness window.

05

Dispatched

Sent to each employee's door, timed to arrive before Dhanteras.

Tiers for this box

Narkasur Night at every budget

DiyaPohe sampler + jaggery₹499
DeepamPohe sampler + jaggery, Goan cashews, Kokum₹999
UtsavPohe sampler + jaggery, Goan cashews, Kokum₹1,999
LakshmiPohe sampler + jaggery, Goan cashews, Kokum₹3,499
SignaturePohe sampler + jaggery, Goan cashews, Kokum₹5,999+

Each tier also carries its standard contents (see all tiers). Prices per box, ex-GST. 5% off 50+ boxes, 10% off 200+.

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Send your Goa team home for Diwali.

Order by 4 Nov for delivery by 7 Nov. Every box lights two homes, and your company gets featured free on Trends of India and Observing India.

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