Why Shola Ghar ?

To make your weeding day look more special you can choose Shola Ghar. It’s your day, you are the celebrity.
The craft of shola is an age old tradition of Bengal
In the early 20th century before the first partition of Bengal in 1905,a group of shola craft persons started making ornaments and other items from Shola.
Sholaghar has started their journey from Kumartuli. And all because of your love and blessings Shola Ghar is now at Chinar Park , Sovabazar and in Barrackpore .
Every bride wants to look her best on her wedding day and in a Bengali wedding that look starts from the mukut and to get a beautiful look on your special day SholaGhar will help you to be the celebrity on your weeding day.
Shola is an eco friendly product . The plants are first uprooted and then dried until the stems turn brown,and then the expert artist make a beautiful mukut with skillful handwork from shola .
.The use of shola in mukut has been common in Bengali weddings since ages.
Mukuts of sholaghar are prepared by skilled artist .
Shola Ghar will help you to look more beautiful on your wedding day.

Note .

What you have read so far are only feelings. You will choose Shola Ghar for more than that reason.
Shola Ghar thinks you are the celebrity of the day because the day is only yours.
Shola Ghar knows how precious this day is in your life.
We also know that this day may never come again in your life.
We know how much preplanning you do for this one day.
We will be grateful if you choose Shola Ghar on your special day .
Contact Shola Ghar at least 3 months before the event and order the mukut of your choice.
Each mukuts and topor of shola Ghar is handcrafted and all these works are time consuming.
As it is manual work, there is a slight difference in every work. As a result, every work can be done perfectly if there is time.
Shola Ghar has come so far all because of you and we want to move forward with your love and blessings.
Thank you for choosing Shola Ghar.

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Shola – Let’s know about it

Shola is a dried milky-white spongey plant matter from Aeschynomene species.
It can be pressed and shaped into objects of art, or for practical use.
Traditionally sholapith products have been used for decorating Hindu idols and creating the topor and mukut of brides and grooms for a traditional Bengali wedding.
Shola grows in wild waterlogged areas.which grows especially in the marshy areas of Bengal, Assam, Odisha.
Shola craft is an age old tradition of Bengal.
In the early 20th century before the first partition of Bengal in 1905, a group of shola craft persons started making ornaments and other items.
.About 5,000 artisans practice this craft . An artist spend months on each piece.

What’s the basic difference between Shola and Thermocol , take a look at this …

Shola, is a natural biodegradable, eco-friendly plant material .
Shola is a dried, milky-white, spongey plant matter .Shola is superior to thermocol in terms of texture, and sponginess.
Shola is cut from the plant, dried, and then carved into thin slices.
The slices are then cut into decorative pieces and joined together .
while thermocol is a synthetic, which is non-biodegradable plastic material.
Thermocol is a thermoplastic polymer of styrene.
Thermocol is one of the cause of land and air pollution.
Shola has been use for early ages .
Shola work is an old work near about 20th century.
Yes it’s true that Thermocol is pocket friendly than shola , but use of Shola on wedding day its Bengalis tradition
And for one day you can follow the rituals .
The memory of this one day will remain for your whole life.

The craft is an age old tradition of Bengal.
It is the art of making delicate, intricate, decorative objects from the soft, supple, porous and light weight core of the Shola stem.
Shola has many uses, including:
Crafts,Decorations,Toys and dolls, home decor
Rituals and festivals is used for making impressive decorative items, like head-gears of the bride and the groom, garlands, decorative fans, animals, birds, dolls, images of gods and goddesses, elephant, peacock-boats, flowers and various kinds of crowns.
And specially in Bengali culture Shola is used for making topor mukuts for weeding rituals.

At the beginning of autumn, as soon as the clouds start floating in the sky like cotton wool, the vibe of puja starts in the minds of all Bengalis.
As we all know Durga Puja , is the biggest festival in Kolkata, West Bengal.
On the arrival of maa the artists started the work of making Saaker saaj.
Sholar saaj alternatively known as “daker saaj”.
It’s a cultural ritual to make delicate milky-white decorative objects most seen in Bankapasi, Mangalkot of Burdwan, West Bengal.
The divine “Daker Saj” we use in the decoration of our goddesses is none other than “Shola Art”.
There is a company called ” Saaj ” in Kumortuli who make pratima saj of shola skillfully for many years.
Saaj has many years of experience in making of daaker saaj.