Belgaum (Belagavi), Karnataka · Since 1952
Camp Purohit Sweets, Belgaum
Belgaum's Original Kunda, Since 1952
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Few regional sweets have as many imitators using the founder's name as Kunda does — this is the original Purohit family business, on Foodwalas since its founding recipe first left Belgaum.
Our story
Around 1952, Shankar Lal Ji Purohit — who had migrated from Jalore, Rajasthan, and was working as a cook at a small sweet shop in Belgaum's cantonment (Camp) area — left a pan of milk on the heat too long. Instead of discarding it, he tasted the reduced brown paste, added sugar, and shared it with family and neighbours to gauge their reaction. The response was strong enough that he opened his own shop under the name Camp Purohit, and the sweet came to be called Kunda. Four generations of the Purohit family have run the business since, deliberately using less sugar than most competing Kunda makers — a choice for flavour over yield.
Why this brand
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Four Generations, Since 1952
Founded by Shankar Lal Ji Purohit; the Purohit family still runs the business today.
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Deliberately Less Sugar
Made with less sugar than most Kunda in the market — a choice for taste, not margin.
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The Original, Not an Imitation
Numerous Belgaum sweet shops now use the "Camp Purohit" name — this is the founding family.
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Belagavi's Most Widespread Kunda Maker
Multiple outlets across Belagavi, with Kunda made fresh and shipped out daily.
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