Himam Pasand
A family garden in Srirangam preserves one local chapter of Imam Pasand’s journey.
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This record preserves a local name and its context. A complete tasting guide and cultivar photograph have not yet been added.
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Names, history & sources
Recorded names
A shared name does not by itself establish an identical cultivar. Place, language and source matter.
- Himam Pasand
India
Spelling used in ICAR’s South Indian diversity showcase.
- Imam Pasand
Name used at Thathachariar Gardens; translated in the report as the Imam’s favourite.
A gift of a graft beside the Cauvery
Local tradition: an attributed account, with uncertainty preserved.
In a 2014 interview, S. Rangarajan of Thathachariar Gardens said his uncle S.R.V. Thatham began the farm in 1945, and a friend brought its first Imam Pasand graft from Andhra Pradesh. The family developed and shared that material. It is a specific recollection about the mango’s arrival in this locality, rather than proof of the cultivar’s ultimate origin.
The report translates Imam Pasand as “the Imam’s favourite” and notes that its earliest naming history is uncertain. Stories linking it to Humayun remain stories. The tangible local inheritance is the garden, the grafts and a family’s care beside the Cauvery.
Read the full storyPlaces in this record
Country associations alone do not establish botanical origin.
- India
Catalogue association
ICAR includes Himam Pasand among South Indian mango varieties presented in its diversity showcase.
- Thathachariar Gardens, Srirangam, Tamil Nadu; earlier graft from Andhra Pradesh
A place in the story
Setting of “A gift of a graft beside the Cauvery”. Read the story for its evidence and qualifications.
Harvest calendars by growing place. These regional calendars do not specify this cultivar’s exact season.