Context:
Over 60 products from across India earn GI tags.
Pachra-Rignai:
- Handwoven cloth used by the indigenous tribal women
- Used as tribal women’s upper garment, and also as headgear or a stole
- Gifted to others as a mark of love and respect.
Matabari Peda:
- A sweet item used as offering in Tripureswari temple
- Made of milk and sugar
- Tripurasundari temple – One of the Shaktipithas and 3rd such temple in Eastern India after Kali temple in Kolkata’s Kalighat and Kamakhya temple in Guwahati.
Source: The Hindu
Previous Year Question
With reference to India, the terms ‘Halbi, Ho and Kui’ pertain to:
[UPSC Civil Service Exam – 2021 Prelims]
(a) dance forms of Northwest India
(b) musical instruments
(c) prehistoric cave paintings
(d) tribal language
Answer: (d)
