About this stamp
Adi Kekir (GI No. 855) is a traditional ginger variety grown by the Adi tribe of Arunachal Pradesh, valued for its medicinal and aromatic qualities for more than 2,000 years. It grows in humus-rich loamy soils, especially in the river valleys of Lower Dibang Valley district, and is sold as dry ginger, powder, oil and oleoresin.
On the Stamp
This ₹5 stamp is one of six on the Geographical Indications: Agriculture-Horticulture of Arunachal Pradesh souvenir sheet, issued by India Post on 17 July 2026. It was designed by Sankha Samanta and printed by wet offset at the Security Printing Press, Hyderabad.
