Tirangi Barfi of Varanasi has been given the status of GI product.

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Tirangi Barfi of Varanasi has been given the status of GI product. Besides, another product of Varanasi, Dhalua Murti Metal Casting Craft, has also been included in the GI category. On April 16, 2024, the Geographical Indication (GI) Registry Office based in Chennai has released the list of new products. After this tag, these products of Varanasi will now get a special identity in the world. In this way, a total of 34 products in Banaras region and 75 products in Uttar Pradesh have now received the GI tag. Kashi is also called the most diverse GI city. Apart from this, GI registration has also been issued for Bareilly Zardozi, Cane-Bamboo Craft, Tharu Embroidery, Pilkhuwa Hand-block Print Textile. With this the number of GI products at the state level has now reached 75. There are 58 handicrafts and 17 agricultural and food products. This is the record for most GI tags in the name of any state.


      During the country's independence movement, Tricolor Barfi was invented for intelligence meetings of revolutionaries and exchange of secret information.

      In this, saffron is used for saffron colour, pistachio for green colour and khoya and cashew nuts are used for white colour.

     

 

     


Uttar Pradesh

Capital- Lucknow
Districts- 75 (18 divisions)
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