Navratri return gifts for golu visitors and garba guests: little pots and diyas, priced per guestNavratri return gifts for golu visitors and garba guests: little pots and diyas, priced per guest

Light for nine nights

Navratri return gifts are given in two very different settings. In Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Andhra, families who set up a golu (kolu or bommai kolu) invite women and girls over each evening and send each one home with thamboolam and a small gift. In Gujarat and across the west and north, the host of a garba or dandiya night, or a society committee, gives guests a keepsake. Both are festivals of light, and both suit a little candle.

Raajkosh makes hand-poured soy wax candles in Jalandhar, and for 10 gifts or more we pack them with your family's name on the tag, deliver to your home, and give a GST invoice. Ask at raajkosh.com/corporate and choose "Festive gifting" or "Something else".

Navratri pieces we make

Shop prices; your quote confirms the final price per gift with tags and delivery.

Golu visitors or garba guests: two different plans

For a golu. Visitors come over nine evenings, often unannounced, so you need a steady stock rather than one count. Many families keep a box of Lotus Candles by the door and add one to each thamboolam bag with the betel leaves, haldi, kumkum and the blouse piece. 30 Lotus Candles at shop price come to Rs 10,470. Girls who visit can get something for children, such as bangles or a small toy, while their mothers take the candle.

For a garba night. One host, one evening, a known guest list. The Matki Candles fit the garbo best; 40 sets at shop price are Rs 23,960. For a housing society with a committee budget, the tealight packs at Rs 449 suit families. 50 come to Rs 22,450 at shop prices.

For the colour of the day. Some families follow the nine colours of Navratri. The purple and ivory Daisy Tealights, yellow Sunflower Tealights and red Lotus or Matki let you match a gift to a day.

Planning ahead for the next Navratri

Navratri comes twice a year for many families: Chaitra Navratri in spring and Sharad Navratri before Dussehra. Order for the next one well ahead. The lead time depends on the quantity and your date, and it is confirmed in the quote. We cannot promise a delivery date, so send your enquiry once you know your guest numbers. Kanya pujan, on the eighth or ninth day, is for little girls, so pick a child's gift for them rather than a candle.

Other Navratri return gifts

For golu, families also give steel or brass kumkum boxes, small mirrors, combs, bangles, blouse pieces, coconut and fruit with the thamboolam, and small books of slokas. For garba, hosts give dandiya sticks, bandhani potlis, mithai and dry fruits. These come from a local market or a puja store. A candle fits as the light in the bag, and unlike sweets it is still there after the nine nights are over.

How to book Navratri gifts

1. Tell us the number of gifts (from 10, no minimum order value), budget per gift, date, tag text and address at raajkosh.com/corporate or WhatsApp +91 85958 24586.
2. Get a quote with pieces, tags, timeline and price with GST.
3. Approve and pay. Prepaid, as set out in the quote; no cash on delivery.
4. Delivered to your home with a GST invoice.

Personalised gifts are not returnable unless damaged, defective or wrong; report damage within 24 hours. A line for the tag: never leave a burning diya unattended near the golu steps or a garba setup, and keep each burn to 3 to 4 hours.