Description:
Idolmakers are taking rest after departure of idols from their workshop during "Durga Puja Festival" at at Kumartuli, West Bengal, India. Kumartuli, the nerve centre of the clay idol-makers of West Bengal, is home and workshop to more than one hundred and fifty families of clay model-makers. Nearly eighty per cent of the community puja images in Calcutta are made at Kumartuli by artisans who strive to make something new and innovative in their sphere of endeavour.
Credits:
Shantanu - (India) Mukherjee/Majority World
Description:
Idolmakers are taking rest after departure of idols from their workshop during "Durga Puja Festival" at at Kumartuli, West Bengal, India. Kumartuli, the nerve centre of the clay idol-makers of West Bengal, is home and workshop to more than one hundred and fifty families of clay model-makers. Nearly eighty per cent of the community puja images in Calcutta are made at Kumartuli by artisans who strive to make something new and innovative in their sphere of endeavour.
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0000-00-00 00:00:00
Author:
Shantanu Mukherjee
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Copyright Majority World
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Image Description:
Idolmakers are taking rest after departure of idols from their workshop during "Durga Puja Festival" at at Kumartuli, West Bengal, India. Kumartuli, the nerve centre of the clay idol-makers of West Bengal, is home and workshop to more than one hundred and