Planning a family show by budget
What ₹3,000, ₹6,000 and ₹12,000 buy for a house with children.
How to read a cracker box
Shots, duration, height and noise: what the numbers on the label mean before you buy.
Read the postJournal
Notes from Ponvaanam Fireworks
Guides, care tips and stories from behind the counter.
A Deepavali safety checklist
Cotton clothes, water and sand, arm’s length: the habits that keep a festival a festival.
Collecting your carton from the lorry office
Your first order outside Tamil Nadu: the lorry receipt, the office counter and what to check before you sign.
September in the godown on Sattur Road
Twelve people, one long table and every box opened twice: how a Deepavali order is checked and packed.
A day in Sivakasi during the cracker season
What to see, where to eat and how to get around if you come to buy at the factory gate in October.
Choosing crackers for a terrace, a street or an open ground
Where you light matters more than what you buy. How to match items to the space you actually have.
Why our price list has no inflated MRP
The printed price on a cracker box is often five times the selling price. How factory gate pricing works.
What damp does to a cracker, and how to tell
Soft boxes, a sour smell and a fuse that bends: the signs of moisture, and what to do with an affected item.
After Deepavali: crackers for Karthigai Deepam and weddings
Our godown stays open until the end of November. What families order for Karthigai, temple festivals and wedding season.
The new price list, every August.
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