Surat (Gujarat), Aug 20: A sweet shop in Gujarat’s Surat is selling sweets worth rupees 9000 per kilogram before the upcoming festival of Raksha Bandhan. These sweets are covered with gold leaf and are in huge demand these days.

Generally the sweets have silver work, which are sold starting from 300/- to 350/- per kg in the market. But this time, before Raksha Bandhan, a sweet shop in Surat is selling sweets with gold work on them. Shop named 24 Carats Mithai Magic, came up with this idea of gold work on sweets and they are getting very good response from the customers.

These sweets known as ‘Gold Sweets’ are the centre of attraction for all the customers who enter the shop. Sisters are ordering these “Gold Sweets” for their brothers for Rakshabandhan. As per the shop owner, the gold work on sweets is good for health which is the reason why people are buying the same.

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