metal utensils - Craft Archive | Research on Indian Handicrafts & Handloom https://gaatha.org Indian Craft online Fri, 21 Feb 2025 06:16:42 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.0.11 https://gaatha.org/wp-content/uploads/gaatha-logo-63x63.png metal utensils - Craft Archive | Research on Indian Handicrafts & Handloom https://gaatha.org 32 32 Copper Craft ~ Chiling, Ladakh https://gaatha.org/Craft-of-India/copper-craft-ladakh-chiling/ https://gaatha.org/Craft-of-India/copper-craft-ladakh-chiling/#respond Thu, 20 Feb 2025 12:18:09 +0000 https://gaatha.org/?post_type=listing&p=17287 No number of photographs or travel documentaries can prepare one for the boundless grandeur of Ladakh. A person visiting these mountains not only takes something back with him, but also leaves a bit behind. It is an experience which has the power to transform a person for the better. And a tiny yet very crucial […]

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]]> No number of photographs or travel documentaries can prepare one for the boundless grandeur of Ladakh. A person visiting these mountains not only takes something back with him, but also leaves a bit behind. It is an experience which has the power to transform a person for the better. And a tiny yet very crucial part of this experience is the famous cultural craft of copper. There is an abundance of copper in the region. It is interesting to know that the Tibetan word for copper is ‘Zangs’ and the word ‘skar; means valley. So Zanskar can be literally translated to ‘Copper Valley; or even ‘Copper Mountain’.

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]]> https://gaatha.org/Craft-of-India/copper-craft-ladakh-chiling/feed/ 0 Metal Utensils~Jaipur https://gaatha.org/Craft-of-India/study-traditional-metal-utensils-craft-jaipur/ https://gaatha.org/Craft-of-India/study-traditional-metal-utensils-craft-jaipur/#respond Thu, 26 Nov 2015 13:06:07 +0000 http://143.110.249.195/?post_type=listing&p=6492 Music, they say, is the silence between two notes. The silence becomes even more omnipresent as it makes rare appearances between the constant sounds of metal being beaten in the ‘Thatheron ki gali’. This street in Jaipur is a home to utensil makers, locally known as the ‘thathere’ and is as old as the city […]

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]]> Music, they say, is the silence between two notes. The silence becomes even more omnipresent as it makes rare appearances between the constant sounds of metal being beaten in the ‘Thatheron ki gali’. This street in Jaipur is a home to utensil makers, locally known as the ‘thathere’ and is as old as the city itself.

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