• India is the largest Turmeric (Haldi) growing country in the world, and Sangli district of Maharashtra State is the number one district in India to produce good quality turmeric.
• Yellow Turmeric from Sangli is very famous and is exported to different parts of the world, mainly to the USA.
• India’s key Turmeric Trading Centre and Asia’s largest turmeric market are situated in Sangli. Currently, over 80% of the turmeric trade in India takes place in Sangli.
• Sangli is well-known for its century-old practice of storing turmeric in pits (“Peve”).