<p>With Holi around the corner, sale of herbal gulaal and non-toxic colours are going up. An increasing number of Covid-19 cases might have dampened the festival spirit by a tad, but sales of these colours are on, say sellers.</p>.<p>Non-toxic colours are made with discarded flowers or leaves, and mixed with flour. Saritha S S, owner of Jivan Organics, Yelahanka Town and Doddaballapur Main Road, sells non-toxic colours in six shades — red, yellow, green, blue, pink and orange.</p>.<p>“We sold five shades for eight years and increased it to six due to demand. The colours are quite popular among our regulars, especially families with children. These are made by a women self-help group in Sirsi, with flower and vegetable extract, and rice flour and corn starch,” she says.</p>.<p>Sahaja Organics, opposite RBI Layout, JP Nagar and Udayapura Post, Kanakapura Road, is selling natural colours that are made out of herbs, agri-produce, food crops, fruits and vegetable extracts and flowers.</p>.<p>Chethan M S, branding head, says, “These colours do not have any talc or chemicals in them.”</p>.<p>Colours available are blue, yellow, pink, orange and green, and are being sold in packets of 100 gm for Rs 54. </p>.<p>Home delivery is available from the Kanakapura Road outlet. </p>.<p><strong><span class="bold">Eco-friendly outlook</span></strong></p>.<p>FabArtistry, Whitefield, tries to promote eco-friendly products from local manufacturers at its store.</p>.<p>Puja Hanjura, co-founder says, “Members of the Bhil tribe in Pune make Holi colours out of maize flour and flowers. We have sourced these colours.”</p>.<p>Pink colour is made of dried rose petals, yellow of amaltash flowers, orange of palash flowers, and green made with tree leaves. “The powder is handcrafted, non-reactive and edible.”</p>.<p>With increasing Covid cases, the sales are a bit slow, she notes. The colours are priced at Rs 65 for 100 gm and Rs 550 per kg.</p>.<p>Debyani Basu, co-founder of GreenMantraStore, Marathahalli, has been promoting zero-waste sustainable lifestyle for a while. The store sells sweets and goodies on all festivals in non-plastic packaging. “We sourced non-toxic colours from Craftizen and then repack them in sustainable bags,” she says.</p>.<p>She has been selling Holi colours since 2019. “The sales are a bit low this year, but many of our regulars have placed orders.”</p>.<p>Green Mantra sells the colours in two combos: three-colour combo for Rs 290, and five-colour combo for Rs 450. Orders can be picked up in person or via Dunzo.</p>.<p><strong><span class="bold">Helping marginalised communities</span></strong></p>.<p>Craftizen Foundation, HAL 2nd stage, Indiranagar, has been selling non-toxic colours since 2018.</p>.<p>Mayura Balasubramanian, founder, says, “Our foundation wanted to support traditional artisans when we started. We understood that crafts can be a source of livelihood for many marginalised communities. We tied up with partners like Nimhans, Orione Seva and Gramina Abyudaya Seva Samsthe, who helped us connect to artisans with intellectual disability.”</p>.<p>“We were looking for a natural material suitable for artisans with intellectual disability to work with. Flowers are therapeutic to work with and this is how we created ‘Petalists’, a group of such artisans,” she says. </p>.<p>The foundation sells in three volumes: five-colour combo (500 gm) for Rs 450, three-colour combo (300 gm) at Rs 290 and 1 kg packs for Rs 650 each. “The five-colour and three-colour combos are most popular,” she adds. Orders can be picked up from the foundation’s location, or delivered through Dunzo or Swiggy Genie.</p>.<p><strong>To place orders, call</strong></p>.<p>GreenMantraStore: 99455 40847</p>.<p>FabArtistry: 87900 82020</p>.<p>Craftizen Foundation: 96060 71227</p>.<p>Jivan Organics: 97411 10333</p>.<p>Sahaja Organics, Kanakapura Road: 97416 90741</p>.<p><strong>Online too</strong></p>.<p>Many herbal colour options being sold on Amazon and Flipkart has one-day delivery.</p>
<p>With Holi around the corner, sale of herbal gulaal and non-toxic colours are going up. An increasing number of Covid-19 cases might have dampened the festival spirit by a tad, but sales of these colours are on, say sellers.</p>.<p>Non-toxic colours are made with discarded flowers or leaves, and mixed with flour. Saritha S S, owner of Jivan Organics, Yelahanka Town and Doddaballapur Main Road, sells non-toxic colours in six shades — red, yellow, green, blue, pink and orange.</p>.<p>“We sold five shades for eight years and increased it to six due to demand. The colours are quite popular among our regulars, especially families with children. These are made by a women self-help group in Sirsi, with flower and vegetable extract, and rice flour and corn starch,” she says.</p>.<p>Sahaja Organics, opposite RBI Layout, JP Nagar and Udayapura Post, Kanakapura Road, is selling natural colours that are made out of herbs, agri-produce, food crops, fruits and vegetable extracts and flowers.</p>.<p>Chethan M S, branding head, says, “These colours do not have any talc or chemicals in them.”</p>.<p>Colours available are blue, yellow, pink, orange and green, and are being sold in packets of 100 gm for Rs 54. </p>.<p>Home delivery is available from the Kanakapura Road outlet. </p>.<p><strong><span class="bold">Eco-friendly outlook</span></strong></p>.<p>FabArtistry, Whitefield, tries to promote eco-friendly products from local manufacturers at its store.</p>.<p>Puja Hanjura, co-founder says, “Members of the Bhil tribe in Pune make Holi colours out of maize flour and flowers. We have sourced these colours.”</p>.<p>Pink colour is made of dried rose petals, yellow of amaltash flowers, orange of palash flowers, and green made with tree leaves. “The powder is handcrafted, non-reactive and edible.”</p>.<p>With increasing Covid cases, the sales are a bit slow, she notes. The colours are priced at Rs 65 for 100 gm and Rs 550 per kg.</p>.<p>Debyani Basu, co-founder of GreenMantraStore, Marathahalli, has been promoting zero-waste sustainable lifestyle for a while. The store sells sweets and goodies on all festivals in non-plastic packaging. “We sourced non-toxic colours from Craftizen and then repack them in sustainable bags,” she says.</p>.<p>She has been selling Holi colours since 2019. “The sales are a bit low this year, but many of our regulars have placed orders.”</p>.<p>Green Mantra sells the colours in two combos: three-colour combo for Rs 290, and five-colour combo for Rs 450. Orders can be picked up in person or via Dunzo.</p>.<p><strong><span class="bold">Helping marginalised communities</span></strong></p>.<p>Craftizen Foundation, HAL 2nd stage, Indiranagar, has been selling non-toxic colours since 2018.</p>.<p>Mayura Balasubramanian, founder, says, “Our foundation wanted to support traditional artisans when we started. We understood that crafts can be a source of livelihood for many marginalised communities. We tied up with partners like Nimhans, Orione Seva and Gramina Abyudaya Seva Samsthe, who helped us connect to artisans with intellectual disability.”</p>.<p>“We were looking for a natural material suitable for artisans with intellectual disability to work with. Flowers are therapeutic to work with and this is how we created ‘Petalists’, a group of such artisans,” she says. </p>.<p>The foundation sells in three volumes: five-colour combo (500 gm) for Rs 450, three-colour combo (300 gm) at Rs 290 and 1 kg packs for Rs 650 each. “The five-colour and three-colour combos are most popular,” she adds. Orders can be picked up from the foundation’s location, or delivered through Dunzo or Swiggy Genie.</p>.<p><strong>To place orders, call</strong></p>.<p>GreenMantraStore: 99455 40847</p>.<p>FabArtistry: 87900 82020</p>.<p>Craftizen Foundation: 96060 71227</p>.<p>Jivan Organics: 97411 10333</p>.<p>Sahaja Organics, Kanakapura Road: 97416 90741</p>.<p><strong>Online too</strong></p>.<p>Many herbal colour options being sold on Amazon and Flipkart has one-day delivery.</p>