- Tiranga Barfi of Varanasi, associated with India’s independence on 16 April 2024, has been given the status of GI product. Besides, another product of Varanasi, Dhalua Murti Metal Casting Craft, has also been included in the GI category.
- On April 16, 2024, the Geographical Indication (GI) Registry Office based in Chennai has released the list of new products.
- After this tag, these products of Varanasi will now get a special identity in the world.
- In this way, a total of 34 products in Banaras region and 75 products in Uttar Pradesh have now received the GI tag. Kashi is also called the most diverse GI city.
Tiranga Barfi of Varanasi
- During the country’s independence movement, Tricolor Barfi was invented for intelligence meetings of revolutionaries and exchange of secret information.
- In this, saffron is used for saffron colour, pistachio for green colour and khoya and cashew nuts are used for white colour.
Varanasi Dhalua Craft
- Today, this cast craft made in Kashipura locality of Banaras has got recognition in the region of the country. The idols made here of Maa Annapurna, Lakshmi-Ganesh, Durgaji, Hanumanji etc. are quite famous.
- Apart from this, various types of instruments, Naxidar bells and bells, thrones, Achhamni Panchpatra and seals of minting coins have been famous.