Claying around in Andretta
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Apr 16, 2014 12:30
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Biscuited pots waiting to be glazed and fired. ▲
The Norah Richards Art Centre in Andretta, in Kangra Valley in Himachal Pradesh. ▲
Jugal Kishore Sankhyan, who manages Andretta Pottery now, teaching students. ▲
Norah Richards' mud-brick home in Andretta, whch is now a museum of mud architecture. ▲
The Dauladhar range seen from Andretta. ▲
Sun-dried pots. ▲
Raj Kumar, a worker, at the kiln. ▲
Jugal Kishore at work. ▲
Finished pottery. Andretta Pottery is much sought after for its unique slipware. ▲
Mani Simran Singh at the potting wheel in Andretta Pottery. ▲
Wisteria in bloom, Andretta. ▲
A Tibetan Buddhist monastery near Bir in Kangra. ▲
Inside the Tibetan Buddhist monastery near Bir in Kangra. ▲
At the mela at Panchruki village. Village potting has virtually vanished and it is evident from the fare on sale here. ▲
Holi celebrations in Andretta. ▲
Didi Contractor at her home in Sidhbari. ▲
A mud-brick home in Sidhbari in Kangra Valley, designed by Didi ▲
Wall art at Andretta. ▲
Norah Richards, from the personal collection of Mani Simran Singh. ▲
