A unique yellow stone found in Swarnanagari, a tourist destination of Jaisalmer, has made a different identity in the whole world and the question here is why?
Well the stone found here is popular because of its special chemical properties which helps in curding of milk. We need to add some buttermilk to the milk to turn it into curd but this stone is no less than a miracle. Because as soon as the milk comes in contact with this stone, it becomes curd without buttermilk. This stone freezes the milk and turns it into curd.
The miraculous unique stone is found in Habur village, now known as Poonamnagar ,50 kilometers (km) from Jaisalmer and over 600 km from the state capital Jaipur and the stone is known as Haburia Bhata in local language.
It is believed in the village that, the topography of the village was very different a long time ago (millions of years ago). And there used to be a sea here and
these stones date back to that period. As these stones emerge from the heart of the earth, they contains numerous minerals and remnants of fossils.
This magical stone is not only popular in the country but abroad too due to its special quality.
The demand of utensils made of this stone
is always high and due to the impact of social media the stone became famous and many tourists stop by to buy the vessels and sculptures made from habur stone.
The magical stone is light golden and yellow in colour. The villages also make sculptures, idols and toys are from this stone.
Villagers says that the curd prepared from milk in Habur stone utensils is sweet in taste and has a sweet earthy aroma. Due to which tourists from all around the world are crazy about the curd stored in these utensils and the lassi made from it.
Researchers have also proved that the stone has special chemical properties and it contains amino acids, phenylalanine, tryptophan and tyrosine, which helps in curd formation, and one doesn’t need to add anything else.