Ghar Ki Diwali
Ghar Ki Diwali / Regional boxes / Karnataka
Karnataka box · for Bengaluru, Mysuru, Hubballi, Mangaluru teams

Bali Padyami

An oil bath at dawn, a king who comes home for one day, and a sweet from every corner of the state.

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Mysore Palace lit up with thousands of bulbs at night
How Karnataka celebrates

The story

In Karnataka, Deepavali is three days long and begins with enne snana on Naraka Chaturdashi: the eldest in the house applies warm oil to everyone's head before a pre-dawn bath, and the day starts clean and new.

The heart of it is Bali Padyami. The legend says the generous asura king Bali was pushed down to the underworld by Vamana, but granted one day a year to return and see his people. Homes draw rangoli, cattle are decorated and worshipped, and the day is kept as a homecoming.

And then there are the sweets, and every region has its claim: Mysore pak from the palace kitchens of Mysuru, pedha from Dharwad, and kodubale and chakkuli on every plate.

Every box lights two homes

The hands behind this box

Artisans turning lacquered wooden toys in a Channapatna workshop

Channapatna's toy-making families

The lacquered wooden toy in this box comes from Channapatna, where toy-making has kept hundreds of families going for generations, each piece turned on a lathe and coloured with natural lacquer.

Then the new Bengaluru–Mysuru expressway bypassed the town, and the travellers who used to stop and buy vanished almost overnight. Cheap factory toys did the rest. Many generational craftsmen have quit, and the next generation is walking away.

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

Karnataka's iconic toy towns: Why is the next generation walking away? · The Hindu

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.

Piece of Mysore pak on a banana leaf

Mysore pak

Born in the Mysuru palace kitchens; gram flour, sugar and a lot of ghee.

In every box
Brown caramelised Dharwad pedhas

Dharwad pedha

Caramel-brown, grainy and rich. A GI-tagged sweet from North Karnataka.

From Deepam box
Crunchy ring-shaped kodubale

Kodubale

Crunchy rice-flour rings, the Kannadiga tea-time essential.

From Deepam box
Plate of chakkuli spirals

Chakkuli

Karnataka's take on the spiral, with butter and sesame.

From Utsav box

Matte Aarama coffee

Filter coffee from Karnataka roasters, for the morning after the oil bath.

From Utsav box
Mysore Sandal soap bar, since 1916

Mysore Sandal soap

The sandalwood smell of every Kannadiga's Deepavali morning bath.

From Deepam box
Colourful lacquered Channapatna wooden toys

Channapatna toy

Lacquered wooden toy from the 'toy town' of Karnataka, GI-tagged.

From Lakshmi 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.

Each sweet comes from the town it is famous for, made fresh the week of dispatch. Crafts come straight from the artisan towns that hold their GI tags.
Mysore pakGhee-rich, made freshMysuru
Dharwad pedhaGI-taggedDharwad
Kodubale, chakkuliSmall-batch savoury makersBengaluru
Matte Aarama coffeeKarnataka roastersKarnataka
Mysore Sandal soapKarnataka Soaps & DetergentsBengaluru
Channapatna toyGI-tagged lacquerwareChannapatna

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.

Babu Singh Thakur Pedha
Dharwad pedha · Dharwad

The Thakur family began making pedha in Dharwad, and grandson Babu Singh grew it at the Line Bazaar store. That's why locals still call it 'Line Bazaar peda'.

Guru Sweet Mart
Mysore pak · Mysuru

Mysore pak is credited to Kakasura Madappa. His descendants still run this shop near K.R. Circle.

Mysore Sandal Soap (KSDL)
Sandalwood soap · Bengaluru

Born in 1916, when WWI stopped sandalwood exports. The Maharaja of Mysore and Diwan Visvesvaraya turned the unsold stock into soap.

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

Bali Padyami at every budget

DiyaMysore pak₹499
DeepamMysore pak, Dharwad pedha, Kodubale, Mysore Sandal soap₹999
UtsavMysore pak, Dharwad pedha, Kodubale, Chakkuli, Matte Aarama coffee, Mysore Sandal soap₹1,999
LakshmiMysore pak, Dharwad pedha, Kodubale, Chakkuli, Matte Aarama coffee, Mysore Sandal soap, Channapatna toy₹3,499
SignatureMysore pak, Dharwad pedha, Kodubale, Chakkuli, Matte Aarama coffee, Mysore Sandal soap, Channapatna toy₹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 Karnataka team home for Diwali.

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