Ghar Ki Diwali
Ghar Ki Diwali / Regional boxes / Uttar Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh box · for Lucknow, Noida, Kanpur, Varanasi teams

Ayodhya Returns

The night a whole city lit lamps to welcome Ram home.

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Ayodhya ghats lit with lakhs of diyas for Deepotsav
How Uttar Pradesh celebrates

The story

This is where the story of Diwali begins: Ram, Sita and Lakshman returning to Ayodhya after fourteen years of exile, and a city lighting rows of diyas to welcome them home. Today the ghats of the Saryu still glow with lakhs of lamps for Deepotsav.

In UP homes, a new clay Lakshmi-Ganesh idol is bought every year and worshipped on Diwali night with khil (puffed rice) and batasha (sugar drops), which are later shared as prasad.

Sweets come from the great sweet cities of the state: Agra's petha and Banaras's laddoos.

Every box lights two homes

The hands behind this box

A potter shaping clay on a traditional wheel

The potters of Kumhar Gram

The clay diyas in the North box come from potter colonies like Kumhar Gram in Delhi's Uttam Nagar, often called India's largest potters' colony and home to several national-award-winning potters.

Since a 2018 order shut its wood-fired kilns, and with cheap imported lights on every market stall, its families have struggled to keep the wheels turning. Through the 2020 lockdown, reporters from PARI found the women of the colony still shaping diyas by hand.

A bulk Diwali order is the simplest help there is: it's the one season their year depends on.

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.

Khil-batasha

The offering on every Lakshmi-Ganesh puja thali in UP.

In every box
Agra petha

Agra petha

Translucent ash-gourd sweet, Agra's most famous export after the Taj.

From Deepam box
Tray of motichoor laddoos

Banarasi laddoo

From the laddoo shops of the oldest living city.

From Deepam box
Brass idol of Goddess Lakshmi

Lakshmi-Ganesh idol

The new idol for this year's puja, as tradition asks.

From Utsav box
Gold-woven Banarasi brocade

Banarasi stole

Woven in Varanasi; a gift that outlasts the festival.

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.

Sweets come from the cities that made them famous, packed fresh the week of dispatch. Stoles come from Varanasi's handloom weavers.
Khil-batashaFestival-freshLucknow
PethaThe originalAgra
LaddooBanarasi sweetsVaranasi
Banarasi stoleHandloomVaranasi

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.

Panchhi Petha
Agra petha · Agra

Agra's best-known petha house, around since 1926.

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

Ayodhya Returns at every budget

DiyaKhil-batasha₹499
DeepamKhil-batasha, Agra petha, Banarasi laddoo₹999
UtsavKhil-batasha, Agra petha, Banarasi laddoo, Lakshmi-Ganesh idol₹1,999
LakshmiKhil-batasha, Agra petha, Banarasi laddoo, Lakshmi-Ganesh idol, Banarasi stole₹3,499
SignatureKhil-batasha, Agra petha, Banarasi laddoo, Lakshmi-Ganesh idol, Banarasi stole₹5,999+

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

Other regional boxes

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Send your Uttar Pradesh 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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