Historical Origins & Architectural Context

Founded in Pune in 1962 by Hukmichand Chordia and Kamalbai Chordia with just ₹250, hand-pounding Kanda-Lasun Masala and delivering packets door-to-door on a bicycle. Headquartered at Hadapsar Industrial Estate in Pune with sprawling automated processing complexes along the Pune–Solapur highway.

In 1962, making traditional Kanda-Lasun (onion-garlic) masala at home was an exhausting multi-day chore of sun-drying, roasting, and pounding in stone Khalbatta mortars. Kamalbai and Hukmichand Chordia changed Maharashtrian kitchens forever by bottling that exact wood-roasted, stone-pounded homemade aroma.

“सौ. कमलबाई आणि हुकमीचंद चोरडियांनी सायकलवरून सुरू केलेला प्रवास आज जगाच्या पाठीवर मराठी मसाल्यांचा सुगंध पसरवत आहे!”

— Pravin Masalewale Golden Jubilee Chronicle • Pune

Cultural Significance & Enduring Legacy

Whether it is the dark, sesame-and-dagadphool-rich Brahmani Goda Masala or the fiery red Kolhapuri Kanda-Lasun, Suhana and Pravin preserve the micro-regional culinary diversity of Maharashtra.

Dominates Maharashtra’s spice market with iconic regional blends—Goda Masala, Kolhapuri Kanda-Lasun, Misal Masala, and Mutton Rassa—while empowering rural women spice-farmers. Preserves natural volatile spice oils and fiery Lavangi-Byadgi chilli colour without artificial dyes; creators of Ambari, Pravin, Suhana, and Sarvam brands.