Brands worth gifting from

Ekaya

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A luxury Banarasi label making handwoven tissue, organza, kadhwa and shikargah sarees for weddings and festivals. Delivery can take 3–4 weeks, and returns are exchange or credit only.

Eunoia Arts

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An independent small-studio brand making handmade resin-art gifts and customised paintings, shipping pan-India.

A Mumbai sweet house with roots in 1916, selling kaju katli, barfi, laddoo and dry-fruit sweet assortments in plain, premium and designer boxes, and hampers that pair them with chocolates and namkeen. Free shipping across India; ships abroad too.

Indian Karigar

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Festival products from Nanda Group (head office Noida, branch in Bengaluru): Holi colours and gifts, rakhis, Diwali hampers and festive corporate gifts, sold on its own site.

Kanha Sweets

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An Amritsar sweet shop of more than 100 years selling Punjabi sweets (pinni, patisa, gur barfi, milk cake, kaju katli) in 400 g and 800 g boxes, plus sugar-free sweets. Delivers across India.

A Jaipur sweet house selling festive boxes of kaju sweets, laddus and paneer ghewar, plus dry fruits in meenakari, jharokha and wooden boxes and thals. Ships across India and worldwide, and warns that festival-month orders can take longer.

Lotus Lampshades

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A Goa designer-lighting maker with 30 years in the trade: lampshades, table and floor lamps, wall and hanging lights, for homes and businesses including corporate gifting. Ships across India.

A Bengaluru studio teaching vegetarian, non-vegetarian and baking classes, in person or online.

A Bengaluru jewellery brand making lightweight everyday gold (pendants, earrings, chains), much of it 9KT. It states lifetime exchange at 100% and buyback at 90% of the gold value, less making charges and a 3% fee.

Nectar Bakes

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A Yelahanka, Bengaluru bakery run by Chandra Prabha making non-fondant cakes and bespoke desserts.

Nihira

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A Gurgaon mithai brand making handcrafted sweets — classic ladoos and barfis and modern twists on them — in gift boxes.

PC Jeweller

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A Delhi jeweller selling 24K (995) gold coins with free delivery across India or pickup at a showroom. It buys gold coins back at 97% of the gold value, and the recipient must show photo ID at delivery.

Pala-G India

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A New Delhi flavoured dry-fruit brand (it lists more than 280 flavours) that packs them into potlis, baskets, trays and jar boxes, with custom branding for corporate orders. Its Diwali page gives a mid-October cut-off for corporate orders.

Senco Gold & Diamonds

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A Kolkata jeweller, since 1994, selling 24K (995) Lakshmi and Lakshmi-Ganesh coins from 1 g to 10 g, gold bars, and traditional 22K and 18K jewellery. Free delivery across India, but its policy allows up to 30 working days to dispatch, so buy in store for Dhanteras.

Sri Krishna Sweets

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A Chennai sweet maker, since 1948, known for its Mysurpa and ghee, milk and cashew sweets. Festive gifting online is small assorted boxes; bulk and interstate orders are taken by phone. Delivers across India.

Sweet Karam Coffee

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A South Indian snacks, sweets and filter-coffee brand whose corporate hampers bundle its sweets, savouries and coffee, with custom branding, sample hampers and multi-address delivery across India and abroad.

West Bengal's handloom weavers' co-operative, selling handwoven silk Baluchari, Katan, Garad, Jamdani and Tassar sarees with free delivery across India. It also sells printed sarees, so check each listing says handloom.

The Affordable Organic Store

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A Hyderabad gardening store selling single indoor-plant saplings (philodendron, syngonium, money plant, orchids) at very low prices: a starter gift rather than a grown plant. Ships across India.