2) GI tag - new products

Question 1

What are the new products that have received GI tag ?

Answer 1

Chak-Hao (Manipur) 
Gorakhpur terracotta (UP)
Kovilpattai Kadalai mittai (TN)
Kashmir Saffron (J&K)
Sohrai Khovar painting (Jharkhand)
Telia Rumal (Telangana)

Question 2

Details of Chak-Hao ?

Answer 2

1) Black rice
2) Scented and glutinous
3) Highly nutritious and good fibre content
4) Very costly – 1700/kg
5) 40-45 mins of cooking time
6) Used in traditional medicinal practices and usually consumed as Kheer in community feasts

Question 3

Details of Gorakhpur Terracotta ?

Answer 3

1) Old traditional art form

2) Potters make various animal figures like horses, elephants, camel, goat and ox through hand ornamentation

Question 4

Details of Kovilpatti Kadalai mittai ?

Answer 4

1) Same as Chikki that we eat (google)
2) Uses all natural ingredients and water from River Thamirabarani only (LOL !!)
3) Manufactured at Thoothukudi district – ISRO planning its 3rd launch pad here

Question 5

Details of Kashmir Saffron ?

Answer 5

1) Cultivated and harvested in Karewas (highlands) of J&K
2) Only saffron in the world grown at an altitude of 1600-1800 m
3) Grown in Kishtwar popularly known as “Land of Sapphire and Saffron”
4) Introduced by Central Asian migrants around 1st century BC
5) Also known as Bahukam in ancient Sanskrit literature (Amarakosa)

Question 6

Details of Sohrai Khovar painting ?

Answer 6

1) It is a traditional and ritualistic mural art of Jharkhand
2) Practiced by local tribal women during local harvest and marriage seasons
3) Done using local, naturally available soils of different colors in the area of Hazaribagh district
4) Style has profusion of lines, dots, animal figures, plants and religious themes

Question 7

Details of Telia Rumal ?

Answer 7

1) It is a rumal (cloth) with intricate handmade work with cotton loom
2) Done in 3 colors – red, black and white
3) It is an art of Ikat tradition using natural dyes in Telangana
4) Uniqueness is that it can be created only using traditional handloom process and not by any other mechanical means which will reduce the cloth quality
5) It was used by Nizams nobles and was also exported to Persian Gulf, Middle East, Singapore etc