Dr. Parveen Kumar

‘I have been growing this for the last 40 years’ told Bishno Devi when asked for how long she has been growing Amaranthus. Hailing from a remote village ‘Chakwa’ in block Batote of district Ramban, she calls its grain as ‘Seuol’ which she believes is a holy grain largely consumed during fast and other religious ceremonies. Like Bishno Devi, many other farmers in the Panchayat cultivate Amaranthus. Fields can be seen with a Burgundy boundary of Amaranthus and this gives them a very beautiful and unique look. Amaranth widely recognized name for plant and its seeds is also known as Rajgira, Chaulai or Ramdana in Hindi and other Indian languages. The name Rajgira itself mean Royal grain while Ramdana translates to God’s Grain reflecting the belief in its divine and nutritiou

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