This diwali, visit Kumhar Colony and light up a potter’s life
Friday, October 28, 2016 IST
Before you begin scrounging through business sectors for alluring, stash benevolent and Make in India Diwali beautifications, investigate the paradise of earthenware in West Delhi — Kumhar Colony.
Situated in Uttam Nagar, the place is a center of potters who make mind boggling designs in ceramics, for Diwali ancient rarities. Working since a few eras, these kumhars (potters) utilize mud to enliven to diyas, symbols of gods and other merry enrichments.
The procedure
1. The potters strainer the soiland blend it with water to make it batter like.
2. The batter is put on an electric wheel to form it into wanted shapes. Different instruments are utilized to include subtle elements. Once cut, the earthenware is forgotten in the sun to dry.
3. Whenever dried, the potters add completing touches to them and plunge the ancient rarities in red soil. Paints are additionally utilized, to make them seem beautiful.
Become more acquainted with them
The Kumhar Colony has 12 potters who have been granted by the state. One of them, Harkishan, was regarded with the national honor in 1990 and the Shilp Guru grant in 2012. Different craftsmen, who have been granted, incorporate Giriraj Angoori Devi — who was congratulated with Shilp Guru grant in 2006 and national honor (1987), and Giriraj Prasad — who was likewise respected with a national honor (2013).
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