Deeksha Masala

If you come down Vidisha Road in Bhanpur, you will find us in Shiv Nagar. We are right near the Chaurasiya Mandir. Deeksha Masala has been part of this neighborhood for a good while. You can usually hear the bells from the temple while we are working. We process various masalas right here. It is a local operation and we don't try to make it sound like more than it is. The shop is small and filled with the smell of different ground spices. Sometimes the smell is so strong it carries down the street. We have a few simple machines for grinding and a table for packing the small plastic pouches. It’s mostly family and a couple of helpers doing the work. We don't have a website or any of that stuff. People just know where we are because of the temple landmark. We get the raw ingredients, clean them by hand, and then grind them up. It’s a lot of dust and it can be hard on the throat, but we are used to it by now. We just want to provide something useful to the people around here. The work is repetitive but it is what we know. We close up when the sun goes down and start again the next morning. It’s a quiet life in Bhanpur and we just try to stay consistent with our daily tasks.