NAWAB ROLI 80 gr

Description

Nawab Roli 80 Gr is loose red roli powder in an 80 gram pack. Roli is the fine red powder kept on the puja thali and pressed on to the forehead as a tilak, applied with the ring finger or the thumb depending on how you were taught.

It goes on at the start of almost every ceremony, on the people present, on the kalash, on the account books at Diwali and on the moli tied around the wrist. Eighty grams is a large pack by tilak standards, so it carries a household through a full festival season rather than a single puja.

Is roli the same as sindoor? No. Roli is applied as a tilak on the forehead of anyone taking part in a puja. Sindoor is worn in the parting of a married woman’s hair. The two look alike in the jar and get confused often, which is why the shop keeps both.

How do you apply it? Take a pinch on the ring finger, touch it to a drop of water or a little curd if the ritual calls for that, then press it on. Dry powder on a dry finger will not hold, and that is the usual reason a tilak crumbles away by lunchtime.

The matching sindoor from the same Nawab range sits beside it, and the rest of the pooja and festival aisle carries the kumkum, chandan and pooja haldi. Not for consumption. Keep the pack closed in a cool, dry place away from damp. Order online at Panjab Supermarket for same-day delivery across Nieuwegein, Utrecht, Leidsche Rijn, Vleuten, Maarssen, Zeist, Bunnik, IJsselstein, Vianen, and Culemborg. Free delivery on orders over 49 euros.