Krishna Pauroti
Krishna Pauroti (also called Krishna Loaf[1][2] or Krishna Breads) is a Nepalese bakery.[3] It was founded in 1948[4] by Krishna Bahadur Rajkarnikar in Kamal Pokhari, Kathmandu, Nepal. Kai Weise, a correspondent of The Himalayan Times, labelled Krishna Pauroti "the first bakery in Nepal".[1]
Late Mr. Krishna Bahadur Rajkarnikar, during his visit to Kolkata, India, in 1944 A.D, had gone to Kalimandir (Temple of Goddess Kali) located at Kalighat to get blessings. There was a big crowd of devotees in which Mr. Rajkarnikar saw a 10–11 years old girl being trapped and he rescued her with great difficulty. The girl’s father was very pleased with him. He took Mr. Rajkarnikar to his home and treated him as a guest for some days. The person, who thus treated Mr. Rajkarnikar, was a chief loaf maker working in the famous English bakery company named Firpo’s where he trained Mr. Rajkarnikar to make Loaf (Bread) as desired by him. He got good training and returned to Kathmandu. He then started to make bread for the first time in Nepal. That was in the year 1949 A.D.
A certain Indu Shumshere, grandson of the then Prime Minister Bir Shumshere had given away 50 bighas of land to Mr. Rajkarnikar as a reward for his service, which was then taken back by the same Shumshere on some other pretext. If it was not so taken back, he would not have the idea to establish the bread industry. So Krishna Bahadur Rajkarnikar became famous as a promoter and pioneer of bakery industry in Nepal. It was he who introduced loaf and cakes in the Nepalese world Krishna Bahadur's eldest son Ganesh Bhahdur Rajkarnikar expanded the company, along with the help of his three younger brothers. Ganesh Bahadur, a workaholic, used to wake up at three in the morning to start production and simultaneously sent out his tricycles distributing bread on various routes around Kathmandu. Ganesh Bahadur took Krishna Pauroti to another level with his commitment to deliver fresh bread on a daily basis to the customer. Ganesh Bahadur believed in offering the customer the highest quality of bread.
It has already been 63 years when bread industry was introduced in Nepal in the footstep of the western food industry. It was in 1949 A.D. when he established loaf factory under the name of Krishna Pauroti Bhandar. With his endeavor and initiation, loaves and cakes became popular all over Nepal, while thousands of people have got employment in this sector at present. (The aforesaid contents have been extracted and translated in English from the article “Ranale Rana Dhapayo” included in Mr. Ghana Shyam Rajkarnikar’s work in Nepali “Samjhanako Laharma Laharidai Janda” published by the Sajha Publications available in the local bookstores. For details please contact Mr. Ghana Shyam Rajkarnikar, son of Late Mr. Krishna Bahadur Rajkarnikar, President of Krishna Pauroti Pvt. Ltd.
References
- 1 2 Weise, Kai (30 December 2011). "Changing face". The Himalayan Times. Retrieved 14 January 2012.
- ↑ McDonald, Bernadette (2005). I'll call you in Kathmandu: the Elizabeth Hawley story. The Mountaineers Books. p. 81. ISBN 978-0-89886-800-5.
- ↑ Basnyat, Sraddha (13–19 June 2003). "Give us our daily bread". Nepali Times. Retrieved 14 January 2012.
- ↑ Mathema, Paavan (23–29 July 2010). "Baking hot". Nepali Times. Retrieved 14 January 2012.