Indelible Black Ink or Kali Syahi

About:

• The fourth generation of the family now produces the ink every Deepavali.
• While the erstwhile royal family used the ink for its official transactions, the businessmen of the princely State used it to write their accounts. 
• Even universities established after Independence awarded degrees written with this ink. The ink was believed to ward off evil and bring prosperity to its users.

Features:

• The ink was made of natural ingredients using a traditional procedure handed down from generations.
• The black ink is prepared on a no-moon night with the chanting of mantras.
• It is made of kaajal (homemade mascara), gondh (edible gum) and other locally sourced herbal ingredients.
• The ink has medicinal properties, as some of its ingredients were used in the traditional Ayurvedic system for the treatment and healing of wounds.