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The workshop, the packs and the aartis

Thirty-eight years of camphor, agarbatti and dhoop — the presses, the hands, the packing table and the aartis they end up in. Every picture on this page was taken in our own workshop or sent to us by the families who light it.

24 photographsAll of them ours or sent to us
4 albumsWorkshop, range, festivals, family
Last added Feb 2025New sets go up after every season
GorakhpurMade here since 1987
The Shiv Shakti camphor workshop in Gorakhpur

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Inside the workshop

Where a tablet is pressed, weighed and sealed — all under one roof in Gorakhpur.

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  • Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh
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Camphor presses on the Shiv Shakti workshop floor in Gorakhpur Inside the workshop
The pressing floor at first light The presses are warmed before the first shift so every tablet in the batch comes out at the same density.
Raw camphor crystal being graded by hand Inside the workshop
Grading the crystal Camphor arrives as crystal and is graded by hand before anything is pressed. Anything cloudy goes back.
A 500g jar of Shiv Shakti camphor tablets Inside the workshop
A 500g batch, straight off the press Tablets are counted into the 500g jar the same morning they are pressed — no storing, no re-packing.
Loose Shiv Shakti camphor slabs being weighed Inside the workshop
Slabs, weighed loose Loose slab packs are weighed to the gram for temples and wholesale counters that buy by the kilo.
Camphor pouches being heat-sealed at the packing table Inside the workshop
The sealing table Every pouch is heat-sealed and dated before it leaves the room. A broken seal is a pack we take back.
Wet dhoop sticks drying in trays Inside the workshop
Wet dhoop, drying in trays Wet dhoop is rolled and left to dry on open trays for two days before it is cut and boxed.
Shiv Shakti aarti camphor tablets, 100g jar Our range, up close
Aarti camphor tablets, 100g The pack most homes buy — a hundred grams of pressed tablets in a sealed jar.
Shiv Shakti camphor tablets, 20g pack Our range, up close
The 20g travel pack Small enough for a puja bag or a hotel room, sealed the same way as the big jars.
A Shiv Shakti camphor slab Our range, up close
Camphor slab A slab burns longer than tablets, which is why temple aartis prefer it.
Shiv Shakti Bhimseni camphor, 100g Our range, up close
Bhimseni camphor, 100g Bhimseni is the softer, cooler-burning grade — the one used for abhishek and for cooling rooms.
Shiv Shakti aarti camphor pouch, ten rupees Our range, up close
The ₹10 aarti pouch The counter pouch — the size that moves fastest in a puja store.
Shiv Shakti Shivpriyay agarbatti jar Our range, up close
Shivpriyay agarbatti jar A hundred sticks in a screw-top jar, so the fragrance does not leak into the cupboard.
Shiv Shakti agarbatti gift box Our range, up close
The agarbatti gift box Our Diwali box — five fragrances, wrapped and ready to send.
Shiv Shakti dhoop cone jar Our range, up close
Dhoop cones in a jar Cones light quicker than sticks and leave a firmer ash — easier to clear off a plate.
Shiv Shakti cup sambrani box, 150g Our range, up close
Cup sambrani, 150g box The cup holds the sambrani together, so the smoke rises instead of scattering.
Shiv Shakti 5-in-1 incense sticks pack Our range, up close
Five fragrances in one pack Rose, mogra, chandan, kewda and lavender — the pack families buy to try them all.
A Diwali aarti lamp lit with Shiv Shakti camphor Festivals and aartis
Diwali evening The lamp that ends the day — sent to us from a family in Lucknow, Diwali 2024.
A brass aarti thali with camphor, Gorakhpur Festivals and aartis
A temple thali in Gorakhpur Slab camphor on a brass thali, lit for the evening aarti.
A puja store counter stocked with camphor and incense before Diwali Festivals and aartis
The counter before Diwali A puja store in Varanasi, stocked for the week everything sells out.
A home morning puja lit with Shiv Shakti camphor tablets Festivals and aartis
Morning puja at home Two tablets, a steel lamp and a quiet ten minutes — how most of our camphor is used.
Sitaram Jaiswal, founder of Shiv Shakti, 1987 The family and the years
Sitaram Jaiswal, 1987 Our founder, who pressed and weighed the first packs himself — and kept weighing them for thirty years.
The first Shiv Shakti camphor workshop in Gorakhpur The family and the years
The first workshop One press, one sealing table and a room behind the shop in Gorakhpur.
Shiv Shakti agarbatti zipper pouch The family and the years
When agarbatti joined the range Camphor came first; the agarbatti line was added when the same shops started asking for it.
Shiv Shakti dhoop cone box, 240g The family and the years
The dhoop line Dhoop cones were the third room in the workshop, and are now the fastest growing one.

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The Shiv Shakti camphor workshop in Gorakhpur 6

Inside the workshop

Where a tablet is pressed, weighed and sealed — all under one roof in Gorakhpur.

Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh
Shiv Shakti camphor tablet pack, 100g 10

Our range, up close

Every pack we make, photographed as it reaches you.

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A festival aarti thali lit with Shiv Shakti camphor 4

Festivals and aartis

Diwali counters, temple thalis and the evening lamp at home.

Across India
Sitaram Jaiswal, who founded Shiv Shakti in 1987 4

The family and the years

From a single press in 1987 to a name on counters in nine states.

Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh

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