Meet the Kumbara community of Bengaluru who make Ganesha idols | The Hindu

With just a few days left for Ganesh Chaturthi festivities to kick in, artisans of the Kumbara community in Bengaluru are racing against time to create artfully designed idols to meet the heavy demand - from colourful, 12-feet tall idols on the streets, to small, traditional clay variants for homes.
There are close to 40 families from the Kumbara community at Pottery Town, an old settlement in Bengaluru's Cantonment area. However, only 15-20 families are engaged in the traditional craft today.
The Hindu visited Pottery Town to see what goes into the making of these idols.
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Happy ganesh chaturthi 🙏🙏.

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Shri Ganapathy Baba Moorya 🙏🙏🙏

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ನಮ್ಮ ಬೆಂಗಳೂರಿನಿಂದ‌ ಯಾರು ನೋಡ್ತಿದ್ದೀರ ✌️

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Every Hindu festivals,Shrines, Temples are direct connected with wealth generation for people of every Level of society..Hail Sanatan..

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Jai daksh prajapati
Giving a great art to us. 🎉
Jai salivahana 🎉

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गणपती बाप्पा मोरया

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Jai Ganesh Deva 🙏

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Good 👍😊

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Is he speaking tamil

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Kannada

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So these are for idol worshippers

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Do you even understand what idols are used for?They aren't the deity themselves, but they are consecrated to the deity or deities

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I hope one day all' your hard work will pay off , I'm really proud of you Brother for Still continuing of our community Art work 🫂❤️

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