Vibrant yellow, orange and red flowers flood the roadsides of Jaipur.
Locals stop on their way to the temple to purchase a small handful, carefully wrapped in newspaper to offer to the Gods.
Devendra Singh Rathore is a tour guide at the Bus Singh Rathore company and said the locals rely on these flower vendors for their religious practices.
Locals of the Hindu faith also use the flowers and garlands in the home to decorate shrines,
as well as hanging them on their vehicles for safety and protection.
Not only are the flowers sold as garlands or in bunches, but are harvested for their oil to make perfumes.
For many vendors, this is a family business that has carried on through generations, as is the case for local vendor and owner of the Indian Natural Perfume Centre, Abdul Smad.
“This is my family business, this was my father’s and his father’s,”
“The perfumes are from the natural flowers that are used in the temples,”
“We get the flowers from a local farm one kilometer from here,” Mr Smad said.
As tourists walk through the temples they often buy the garlands as a souvenir but the vendors' businesses flourish off of the local trade Mr Rathore said.
"Tourists [also] find the charm, especially with the local flower marigold,”
