Sri Satyanarayana Parimala Factory

The smell is the first thing you notice when you get near 20, K.N. Agrahar. Sri Satyanarayana Parimala Factory makes incense and similar things, so the air always smells like sandalwood or jasmine. It’s a bit of a maze inside with all the raw materials and finished sticks drying out. We’ve been in this part of town for a long time. The building is old and has some character, though the roof leaks a tiny bit when it rains really hard. We spend our days mixing powders and making sure the quality is okay. It’s a lot of manual work. Our hands usually end up covered in whatever we’re working with that day. We don’t have a big marketing department or anyone to write fancy letters. We just focus on the production. Most of the staff live nearby, so it’s a short walk to work for most of us. We sit around the small table for tea breaks and talk about our families. It’s a steady pace here. We aren't rushing to conquer the world, just trying to make sure the boxes are packed right and the orders get to the shops on time. People know us in the neighborhood as the place that smells good. Sometimes we run out of storage space and have to stack things in the corners. It’s a bit cluttered, but we know where everything is. That's just how we run things at Sri Satyanarayana Parimala Factory every day.