Overview

• The Geographical Indications Registry is now reviewing a formal application filed by TNAPEx for a GI tag for the Koil Idli.
• The Madurai Agribusiness Incubation Forum, a joint NABARD–TNAU initiative, facilitated the submission to secure legal recognition.
• The spiced, foot-long idli is offered daily as prasadam during the morning Thiruvaradhanai at the Sri Varadharaja Perumal Temple and distributed to devotees by 7:45 a.m.
• Vendor S. Balaji and scholar Akkarakani Srinidhi Swami highlight that slight deviations in the coarse-ground rice and urad dal batter or the use of mandharai leaves can alter its distinctive flavour.
• Approval of the GI tag would legally safeguard the traditional method of preparation and support the preservation of Kanchipuram’s culinary heritage.