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What is inside our ₹2,650 Kali Pujo family box
Forty-five items for a family of four to six, with the count, burn time and value of each part of the box.
Our Kali Pujo family box is the single item we sell most. It is meant for four to six people on one roof or in one lane, and here is exactly what goes into it.
For the ground: five clay tubri at 45 seconds each, ten big chorki at about 15 seconds each, and five rongmoshal in red and green. Bought separately, these come to ₹630. For the hands: ten 30 cm phuljhuri and ten chhoto phuljhuri for younger children, worth ₹260. For the sky: one 12-shot white peacock at ₹480, a 30-shot green palm at ₹1,150 for the finale, and three hawai rockets, ₹90. Bought loose, all of this comes to about ₹2,610. The box costs ₹40 more, which pays for packing it in firing order with dividers, and saves you an evening of choosing.
The box is packed in the order most families light things: phuljhuri and chorki first while it is still early, tubri and rongmoshal once everyone is on the roof, sky shots last. Each layer has a paper divider with what is underneath.
All together the box lasts about 40 to 50 minutes if you light at an easy pace. For a family that wants a longer night, add five more tubri at ₹260 and a 60-shot multicolour at ₹2,350. For a quieter evening with small children, ask us to swap the 30-shot for extra phuljhuri.
