Dispatched from Palampur, Himachal Pradesh

Palum Dhara tea, honey, squash, jam, pickle and oil arranged on a wooden table before the Dhauladhar range
Things from Himachal Worth Knowing

Discovered in the hills.
Brought home with care.

Selected foods, ingredients and everyday traditions from Himachal Pradesh — discovered at their source and brought home from Palampur.

  • Dispatched from Palampur
  • Orthodox & Pan-Fired Tea
  • SHG & Grower Direct
  • Traceable Batch Details
  • Tea
  • Honey
  • Jams
  • Pickles
  • Squashes
  • Oils
  • and More

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Things Worth Knowing

A few things we learned along the way

Tea · Kangra Valley

Why Kangra tea isn't bitter

Kangra green tea is pan-fired in shallow iron pans rather than steamed. The brief heat gives the leaf a warmer, nuttier character.

Honey · Chamba Valley

Honey that smells like the canopy

At around 2,100 metres, wild bees forage among forest blooms. Our honey is kept raw and unfiltered.

Pickles · Kangra & Mandi

Letting the winter sun do the work

Galgal, the thick-skinned hill lemon, is traditionally cured in the winter sun with mustard oil and spices.

A Note from Palampur

“Most of what makes Himachal remarkable never leaves its valleys.”

Palum Dhara began with a simple premise: to document the foods, harvesting traditions, and domestic crafts of Himachal Pradesh, and make selected things available to households that value origin. We source directly from small gardens and self-help groups — packed without blending, and shipped straight from our valley to yours.

Palampur, Kangra ValleyEst. Himachal Pradesh

The Origin

From the Living
Waters of the Himalayas

Palum — the local word for water. Dhara — a stream, a flow.Together, they represent the living waters that feed the tea gardens of Palampur, a town that takes its own name from the very springs that sustain it.

We began with a simple observation: some of India's finest orthodox tea was being grown in the Kangra Valley, yet its true character rarely travelled beyond the mountains.

Palum Dhara exists to bridge this gap — bringing the tea, wild forest honey, and sun-cured preserves of Himachal directly to those who value origin, craftsmanship, and the quiet rhythm of the mountains.

A high-altitude crystal clear glacial lake surrounded by Himalayan mountains

Snowmelt and glacial lakes high in the Himalayas — the source that becomes the springs of Palampur.

Our Regions

Sourced from Across Himachal Pradesh

Hand-picking and sorting fresh tea leaves in the Kangra Valley

KANGRA

Orthodox Tea

Hand-plucked and orthodox processed by smallholder growers continuing a tradition that dates back generations in the Dhauladhar foothills.

High-altitude Himalayan apiary with beehives set against mountain forests in Chamba

CHAMBA

Wild Forest Honey

Raw and unfiltered — collected from wild bee colonies following the forest bloom. Never heated, never blended.

Traditional sun-cured galgal pickles

MANDI

Seasonal Preserves & Pickles

Small-batch preserves and pickles crafted by women who have foraged and prepared these recipes for generations.

COMING SOON

More Regional Products

Expanding carefully to neighboring Himalayan districts and heirloom crafts.

Every product comes from the district where it is traditionally made.

Our Standards

Here is what you’re actually getting.

  • No Artificial Preservatives

    Just fruit, sugar, spice, and time — the old way.

  • Traceable to Source

    Harvest date, estate, elevation and batch on every tin.

  • Naturally Grown

    No synthetic inputs on the gardens we source from.

  • Small Batch

    Cooked and packed in quantities a household would recognise.

  • Single Origin

    Every harvest is traced to one estate, one village, one batch.

  • Direct from Himachal

    Sourced by hand, shipped from Palampur. No middlemen.

  • Traditional Methods

    Orthodox tea, sun-cured pickle, slow-cooked preserve.

  • Women-led SHGs

    Preserves and pickles made by self-help groups across Himachal.

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