Would You Spend Rs.5000 For One Paan?
By: Priyanka Maheshwari Fri, 04 Aug 2017 5:18:52
Normally how much do you pay for a paan? Rs 10-20 would be the most common answer. Maybe around Rs 100 for some special paan, and that is it.
Well, then you might not have heard about Kohinoor Paan.
This paan sold by Tara Pan Centre in Aurangabad will cost you Rs 5,000.
The paan sold in pairs exclusively for couples, also serves as an aphrodisiac, the effect of which, according to the vendor, will last for two whole days.
The paan, is typically sold in a colourfull pack with three compartments.
There are even different versions, which are meant for the male and female consumers. The male paan comprises of a Rs 70 lakh per kg musk, agar, a liquid fragrance found only in West Bengal with a price tag of Rs 7 lakh per kg, saffron at Rs 2 lakh per kg, 80,000 per kg gulab and some 'secret ingredients'- all wrapped in Kolkata's famed meetha paan patta.
Mohammed Sarfuddin Siddiqui who has been running the shop for three decades use to even export the paan to countries like in Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Dubai.
