Workers rotating the receiving vessles(bhapka) by hand so that they are kept cool as distilltion proceeds - White Lotus Aromatics Image Gallery- powered by SmugMug

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whitelotus > Filling the deg with water prior to ditillation process commencing

whitelotus > Rolling clay "gasket" for distillation vessels

whitelotus > Row of copper degs sitting on brick oven(bhatti). In foreground is the spent flowers after distillation which will be composted

whitelotus > Bank of distilling vessels(degs) clearly showing the bamboo pipes(chonga) wrapped with insulating twine, connected to the long necked receivers(bhapka) sitting in the cooling tank(gachchi) This is an indoor ditillery

whitelotus > Nice view of the brick over(bhatti) loaded with firewood with copper receivers(bhapka) in foreground

whitelotus > Special copper distilling vessel with a double pipe. This is generally used for preparing complex attars like Shamama and Amberi

whitelotus > Bank of copper distilling units for making Ruh Khus

whitelotus > Attar making equipment is portable and can be tranported into rural areas with no problem. Here a single vessel has been set up for making champa attar in rural Andrah Pradesh

Workers rotating the receiving vessles(bhapka) by hand so that they are kept cool as distilltion proceeds

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