Earthen pot & pottery

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Earthen pot & pottery it is used all over India, as well as Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, as a home "water storage cooler". It has been in use since ancient times and can be found in houses of every class.
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Making process

They are made by the combination of two types of mud clay: the first is taken from the surface of the earth and the second after digging more than 10 feet deeper into the earth. Making pots & pottery takes a considerable amount of time. It is a long process of at least 8 days. The clay is mixed with water, shaped, finished, polished, dried and baked in a kiln for 5 days.

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At last it becomes a completed eastern earthen pot & pottery, a home water cooler, cocking house use work.

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