Indian Chillums: A Complete Guide

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Indian Chillums
A Complete Guide
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• Using Chillum has been one of the most popular
  ways to drink cannabis for centuries and is
  becoming increasingly popular among young
  Indians.
• Want to make a deep hit like Sadhus? A
  traditional chillum might be the way. Chillum is
  still considered one of the methods monks use to
  smoke hashish, especially in the mountains.

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What is Chillum?

• For those who don't know what a chillum is, it is
  a straight, conical smoking pipe traditionally
  used to smoke cannabis and opium in and around
  India. No one is sure where the Chillum first
  came from, but their first use dates back to the
  18th century when they were used by the Sadu
  people of India. In fact, the beloved phrase
  boom Shankar comes from the hermit using a
  chillum on his forehead to invite Shiva and other
  gods to enjoy hashish together.

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Why is smoking in Chillum so popular in India?

• Chillum became popular with western hippie
  stoners filters who started returning to India in
  the '60s. Seeing the spiritual significance and
  traditional uses of Chillum, hippies began to use
  chillum for their hashish, and they loved it so
  much that they brought home this traditional
  Indian Chillum and passed it on to the stoner
  culture of Western countries. Once the chillum is
  smoked, it is usually passed on to the user's
  circle. For hippies, it helps create a sense of
  unity and family while smoking, making it a
  must-have kit amongst their friends. This made
  Chillum very popular with its generation of
  smokers, but also with younger generations.

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How high can you get if you smoke?

• What makes Chillum so popular is its influence. A
  Chillum is very basic in construction, but using
  a Chillum can be a very unique experience,
  especially when compared to modern pipes and
  bong. The size and shape of traditional chillums
  have the effect of not only cooling hot smoke
  quickly but also accumulating large amounts of
  smoke. The result is a very hard hit and a very
  soft feel.

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How to smoke Chillum?

• Chillum smoking can be difficult for beginners,
  but with practice, you sure can able to take a
  big hit like sadhu and baba.
• In general, you will need about 0.5-1.5 grams of
  hashish and enough cigarettes to fill a typical
  Chillum. You can also use green bud, but hash is
  traditionally used for chillums.
• You need to break the hash into small balls, add
  the tobacco, and mix by hand. If you are too lazy
  to make small balls, heat the hashish and smash
  it with cigarettes.
• Before pouring the final mixture into the
  chillums bowl, place the chillum filter known as
  "Gitak" into the chillum and pack tightly.
• To smoke the chillum, put the filter cloth
  against the mouthpiece and start inhaling a few
  times before heating the bowl so that enough
  smoke builds up to strike deep inside the
  Chillum. Repeat the same process until all the
  mixture is burnt out.

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How to clean Chillum?

• It is very important to clean the Chillum after
  use in order to avoid odors from the Chillum and
  to keep the future smoke taste fresh and pure.
• There are many ways to clean Chillum, but the
  traditional and most common way to clean is to
  use a Chillum cleaning cloth, known as a "safi".
  Chillum can also be cleaned using modern methods
  such as cleaning brushes, cleaning fluids, etc.,
  but the best practice is to use a Chillum safi.

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Where to buy Chillum in India?

• Chillum is readily available in some cities in
  India, but finding good Chillum everywhere can be
  a nightmare. Local potters can get cheap clay
  pots, but they aren't the best pots for smoking.
• So where can stoners in India find a good Chillum
  collection? We would like to say that the best
  way to buy chillum in India is online. There are
  many websites in India that sell chillum online,
  but I recommend buying them from Little Goa.
• Little Goa is your one-stop-shop for the best
  online smoking accessories in India and has the
  best collection of Chillum in India. They stock
  all types of chillum including Stone Chillum,
  Clay Chillum, Wooden Chillum, Glass Chillum, and
  more.

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