Souvenirs To Pick From Bengal

You have not actually visited Bengal, if you did not explore its cultural side featuring a trove of significant souvenirs.

•Darjeeling Tea

•Darjeeling Tea
Pick up your tea leaves among first flush, second flush, black, green anda variety of flavours.

•Putul

•Putul
They would make a great Bengal souvenir as they are small, easy to carry and again carry the mantle of nostalgia with them.

Jute Products

Jute Products
Bengal is the perpetrator of the jute industry in India. Thankfully, some creative souls make beautiful jute bags that can be used as everyday essentials.

•Kalighat Paintings:

•Kalighat Paintings:
The Kalighat paintings were originated in the vicinity of the famous Kali Temple in Kolkata, hence the name. The themes of Kalighat Paintings are related to Kali or other Indian deities

•Dokra Craft:

•Dokra Craft:
Gives a brassy look to your home and reminds you of one of the oldest surviving metal-craft techniques in the world

•Solapith Handicrafts

•Solapith Handicrafts
Solapith or Shola is the dried core of a plant that grows in marshy wetlands of Bengal. Milky white in colour, it is soft and extremely lightweight. The products are mesmerizingly intricate

•Tant Saris

•Tant Saris
These are crisp, impossibly thin cotton Saris bearing the signature of the famous weavers of Bengal.

•Terracotta

•Terracotta
Witness the metamorphosisof Bengal soil into heritage

Conch Shell Bangles

Conch Shell Bangles
These bangles tend to be a bit odd shaped as they are carved out of natural shells but the distortion is considerably aesthetic.

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