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Blooming Tales Plantable Rakhi in Baby Pink
  • Blooming Tales Plantable Rakhi in Baby Pink
  • The Blooming Tales Rakhi kit planted and sprouting in its coir pot
  • Blooming Tales Plantable Rakhi in Baby Pink
  • The Blooming Tales Rakhi kit planted and sprouting in its coir pot
VesperLane™ Blooming Tales Rakhi Kit — Handmade All-Natural Rakhi with Tilak Set, Coir Pot & Soil

VesperLane™ Blooming Tales Rakhi Kit — Handmade All-Natural Rakhi with Tilak Set, Coir Pot & Soil

Rs. 999.00 Rs. 1,499.00

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The planting kit gives you the ritual and one pot to grow. The Mega Kit is a ten-piece plantable stationery box — a mandala colouring book, notebook, bookmarks, coasters, postcards and cards — all seed paper, all plantable. It's the one to send when you want him still using your gift in November. This button takes you straight to checkout with the Mega Kit.
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    Raksha Bandhan 2026

    A rakhi your grandmother would recognise.

    before it came in a foil packet

    A rakhi is tied in the morning and, by the end of the week, it is in a drawer or a bin — one of roughly 50 crore rakhis sold in India every year, most of them plastic and foil, almost none of them handmade.

    This one is cotton, seed paper, roli and chawal, handmade in Agra by women who make each one by hand — the complete ceremony, not a lighter version of it. And because it's real cotton and paper, not plastic, the thread you tie in August is a green thing on his windowsill by September.

    Tie it. Bless it. Plant it.

    Most rakhi sets give you a thread. This gives you the ceremony.

    1. 1

      Tie

      The rakhi, on his wrist, like always.

    2. 2

      Bless

      Tilak with the roli-chawal from the box.

    3. 3

      Soak

      Drop the cocopeat and cow dung coins into water.

    4. 4

      Plant

      Rakhi, holder and card, under 5mm of soil.

    5. 5

      Grow

      Water daily. First sprouts in 7–14 days.

    Everything in the box — and what it's made of

    Eight pieces, and we'll explain every single one — including the two that sound strange.

    1. 1

      The rakhi itself

      Handmade seed paper — upcycled cotton waste with vegetable and wildflower seeds pressed in by hand — tied on handspun braided cotton thread.

    2. 2

      A seed paper rakhi-holder

      The green card it arrives mounted on, also seed paper, also plantable. Nothing here is just packaging.

    3. 3

      A plantable greeting card

      “Happy Raksha Bandhan”, printed with water-soluble dye on seed paper. Read it, then plant it.

    4. 4

      Roli-chawal, in two pouches

      The tilak set for the ceremony itself, in hand-marbled cotton paper. Almost every other rakhi kit leaves this out.

    5. 5

      A coir pot

      A real little planter woven from coconut fibre. This is where the whole thing goes.

    6. 6

      A cocopeat coin

      Compressed coconut fibre. Drop it in water and it expands into roughly 500ml of growing medium.

    7. 7

      A cow dung coin

      Compressed natural fertiliser, completely odourless. The nutrition layer, so nothing goes hungry.

    8. 8

      A coir life jacket

      Coconut fibre wrap that holds the planted pot together and keeps the moisture in.

    No filler. Every piece either does something in the ceremony or helps it grow.

    Rinki, a Plantables artisan, holding a handmade rolled paper rose

    Made in Agra

    The women who make our paper

    In Agra, a team of women turn cotton waste into the paper your rakhi is made from. For many of them it was the first job that came with a bank account in their own name.

    Alka Tiwari
    Alka Tiwari
    Rinki
    Rinki
    Sneha Dubey
    Sneha Dubey
    Aarti Das
    Aarti Das
    Yashi Jha
    Yashi Jha
    Deepmala
    Deepmala

    And it goes all the way down

    Even the ink is water-soluble. Even the box composts. The workshop runs on solar.

    Wood-freeWater-soluble dyesBiodegradable packagingSolar-poweredUpcycled cottonHandmade in Agra
    Every material, verified
    Seed paper rakhi sprouting into a plant

    And then —

    It doesn't end with the ceremony.

    Soak the coins, plant the rakhi, holder and card under 5mm of soil, water it daily. What was tied on his wrist in August is something green on the windowsill by September — the bond quite literally keeps growing.

    Before you decide

    Two ways to send this

    Same handmade ceremony. Very different gift.

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    Blooming Tales Plantable Rakhi Kit

    ₹999

    • The rakhi, on handspun braided cotton thread
    • Roli-chawal tilak set for the ceremony itself
    • Coir pot, cocopeat and fertiliser — everything needed to plant it
    • Grows into one pot of vegetables and wildflowers

    Perfect if you want the ritual, done beautifully.

    The big one Mega Plantable Rakhi Gift Kit

    Upgrade to

    Mega Plantable Rakhi Gift Kit

    ₹3,499

    • A seed paper rakhi and greeting card
    • The Earth Conscious Mandala — a plantable colouring book
    • A notebook, a pocket notepad, 8 bookmarks, 5 coasters
    • 4 postcards, 8 gift tags, 5 envelopes, 4 thank-you cards
    • Ten pieces he'll still be using months from now — each one plants

    +₹2,500 turns a one-morning ritual into a gift he's still using at Diwali.

    Buy the Mega Kit now See what's inside

    Straight up: these aren't the same product in two sizes. The planting kit is the ceremony — rakhi, tilak set, and a pot to grow it in. The Mega Kit is a plantable stationery box built around a rakhi. Pick the one that fits your sibling, not the bigger number.

    Prefer a different design?

    Same eight pieces, same ceremony — just a different rakhi on top.

    Rose Plantable Rakhi Kit

    Rose Plantable Rakhi Kit

    The same ritual-to-garden kit in a different design.

    ₹899

    Good to know

    Will it actually grow?

    Yes — soak the coins, plant everything under about 5mm of soil, water it daily. Seedlings usually show in 7–14 days.
    No garden, just a balcony?

    That's exactly what the coir pot is for. A sunny windowsill is plenty.
    Can I plant it later, not right away?

    Yes, there's no rush at all. Just keep everything dry until you're ready.
    What on earth is a cow dung coin?

    Compressed, fully dried, odourless natural fertiliser — a standard part of seed-paper planting kits. It's the nutrition layer for whatever comes up.
    Is the packaging eco too?

    Yes — wood-free, water-soluble dyes, biodegradable. See the full material list on our materials page.
    Is this traditional or just a modern eco product?

    Traditional. Cotton thread, roli, chawal, a handmade paper rakhi — this is closer to how a rakhi was made before plastic and foil packets took over. KVIC sells a similar natural rakhi made by rural women under its Khadi Rakshasoot line.
    Is it safe for kids to help with?

    Completely. Cotton, coir, paper and seeds throughout.
    How do I pay?

    Prepaid checkout only — UPI, cards or net banking. That's how we keep a small handmade batch honestly priced.