Bhubaneswar: SERIFED is an Apex Co-operative Organization of the State which was established in 1962 for providing a safety net to the Tasar and Silk rearers of the State.
It promotes a marketing platform to the Silk Cocoon growers of the State besides other services as per its mandate.
SERIFED Amlan has been providing Basungapatta to Shree Jagannath Temple for long.
Basungapatta is a special type of rope prepared from Mulberry Yarns and then processed and coloured as per the requirement of the Temple Administration, Puri.
The raw materials are produced by the tribal Mulberry Cocoon growers of Mohana and R. Udayagiri block in Gajapati district.
Then the Cocoons are processed at Silk Production Twisting and Utility Centre SERIFED Branch office at Nuapatna by the local artisans and silk yarns are produced out of the Mulberry Silk Yarn the special type of rope-shaped Basungapatta are prepared by dipping it in the gum of wood apple obtained from Koraput district and coloured with raw turmeric powder.
This Basungapatta is also used for the preparation of “Vijaya Dori”, “Paita” and “Rakhis” and other work for the Lords and used every year during the Gupta Niti after Debasnahan Purnima & in Rath Yatra.
The statistical records show the value of Basungapatta supplied by Amlan SERIFED during 2000-01 was Rs 33,000 and by 2022-23 was Rs12,33,000.
This seva of supplying Basungapatta provides the opportunity for Seva by the tribal silk growers of the state to Lord Shree Jagannath.
Today Ranendra Pratap Swain, Minister of Agriculture & Farmers’ Empowerment, Fisheries & Animal Resources Development in the presence of Bhagirathi Nanda, President, Serifed, Dr Arabinda Kumar Padhee, Principal Secretary Handloom Textiles & Handicrafts (HT&H) Department, Shovan Krishna Sahu, Director of Textiles & Handloom, Saroj Kumar Patel, MD, SERIFED, Dr Purushottam Dash, Secretary, SERIFED and other senior officers of HT&H Department flagged off the despatch of 300 kg Basungapatta to Shree Jagannath Temple, Puri from the Head Office of Serifed, Saheed Nagar, Bhubaneswar.
Two Cocoon farmers of Gajapati district Adikanda Karzi and Ramachandra Badakumar and Kulamani Sethi of Nuapatna were felicitated on the occasion.
