Surat, Gujarat · Shadu clay, coir and seed

Bappa comes home.
Then he becomes a plant.

गणपती बाप्पा मोरया

We mould Ganpati idols from shadu clay and coconut coir, with tulsi seeds set into the base. They dissolve in a bucket of water at home in under twenty minutes. What's left, you plant in a pot.

Order for this Chaturthi Bulk & export

01Hand-moulded from shadu clay and coir. No plaster, no paint.

Why shadu clay

A plaster idol never really leaves.

Plaster of Paris is gypsum. It doesn't break down in water — it sinks, sits and comes back up on the shore. Shadu mati is the riverbed clay idols were made from for centuries, before plaster was cheaper. We went back to it.

Dissolves

Twenty minutes, one bucket

Visarjan at home. Pour the water into your plants or a garden bed — nothing in it that shouldn't go there.

No paint

Colour from the kitchen

Haldi, geru, indigo and multani mitti. No lead chromate, no synthetic enamel, no varnish.

Grows

A tulsi seed in the base

Every idol carries seed in the pedestal. Move the sludge to a pot, keep it damp, and you have a seedling in about ten days.

What we make

Idols first. And everything else the puja needs.

Seed Ganpati idol in shadu clay and coir

Seed Ganpati

Our main idol. Shadu clay and coir, tulsi seed in the pedestal, natural pigments. Sizes 6", 9", 12" and 18".

Best seller · Chaturthi
Unpainted shadu clay Ganpati idol

Plain shadu Ganpati

Completely unpainted, in the natural colour of the clay. For families who prefer the idol undecorated.

6" – 12"
Terracotta diyas lit for aarti

Terracotta diyas

Wheel-thrown clay lamps for Diwali and daily aarti. Plain, painted or glazed, from local Surat potters.

Packs of 12 / 24 / 100
Flower-waste dhoop cups

Flower-waste dhoop cups

Temple flower waste, dried and pressed with guggul, loban and wood powder. No charcoal, no bamboo stick, very little smoke.

Boxes of 12
Havan samidha cups

Havan samidha cups

Mango and peepal wood pressed with dry herbs and resin. Ready to light, no separate samagri needed.

Single & bulk
Compressed coir growing blocks

Coir growing blocks

Compressed coconut coir that expands in water. Pot your idol residue in this and the tulsi comes up faster.

Single / 12 / bulk

How it's made

Four steps, and none of them use a kiln.

The sequence matters — each stage decides whether the idol will actually dissolve at the end.

Shadu clay being sieved and soaked
01 — SOURCE

Riverbed shadu mati

Shadu mati from licensed riverbed sources in Gujarat, sieved and soaked. Coir comes from coconut husk waste in Kerala.

Pressing the mix into hand moulds
02 — MOULD

Pressed by hand

Clay and coir are blended with guar gum, then pressed into hand moulds. Tulsi seed goes into the base at this stage.

Idols drying in the sun
03 — SUN-DRY

Four to six days

Air and sunlight only. Firing would harden the idol permanently, which is exactly what we don't want.

A tulsi seedling grown from an immersed idol
04 — RETURN

Back into the soil

At visarjan the idol breaks down into water. The residue is fertiliser, and the seed in it becomes a plant.

Bulk & export

We ship to distributors, temples and diaspora retailers.

  • United StatesIndian grocery chains and temple bookstores, mainly NJ, TX, CA and IL.
  • GermanyEU distribution hub. No animal-origin content, so no veterinary certification needed.
  • UAEShortest lead time from Nhava Sheva. Suits repeat, smaller orders.
  • IndiaDirect supply across Gujarat and Maharashtra, plus society and corporate gifting.

Working with us

No animal originClay, coir and plant matter only. Nothing in the range is an animal by-product, which keeps customs clearance simple in the EU and US.
Minimum orderAdd your MOQ here — e.g. 250 units per SKU for export, 50 for domestic.
Lead timeAdd your production lead time. Chaturthi orders should close by end of June.
Private labelYour brand on the box, and moulds cut to your design for larger runs.
PackingMoulded pulp trays inside corrugated cartons. No plastic in the pack.
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