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“We propose to replicate the project in Kashi Vishwanath temple,” Kumar says.“Last year, herbal gulal prepared by Vrindavan widows was a huge success. In a tie-up finalized in April, the temple had agreed to hand over its flowers for recycling for the project. Earlier, these women went for bhajan singing in different ashrams and were paid Rs 5 or Rs 10 and 300gm of rice per hour. So one can actually get Bihariji’s blessings sitting at home,” he adds.The daily output of flower offerings at the temple is between 100kg and 170kg. These joss stick boxes will be available in a national chain of retail shops soon.“Each stick is made of flowers offered to the guardian deity of Vrindavan Shri Bankey Bihari..