Ganiga or Gandla is the name given to oil pressers in the ndia]
From ancient time in India, vegetable oils were obtained by crushing oilseeds in village , using an oil-press - or ghana. A ganiga is a person who extracts oil using a ghana.

In Sanskrit literature of about 500 BC there is a specific reference to an oil-press, or Ghanis , although it was never described (by Monier-Williams, M.