- Black sesame seeds are small, flat, oily seeds that grow in the fruit pods of the Sesamum indicum plant, which has been cultivated for thousands of years.
- Within the Hindu culture,black sesame seeds are considered very pious and treated as a major puja saman.
- Black sesame seeds are an especially rich source of macro minerals and trace minerals.

- The black sesame seeds variety yields the highest quality of oil and can also be best fitted to medicinal purposes.

- Black sesame seeds are given as ritualistic offerings to Lord Shiva as a form of Abhishekam with combining milk and water.

- Brings good luck as well as good health.