Why Shola Ghar

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.

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