Khurja pottery
- August 2, 2020
- Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
- Category: DPN Topics
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Subject: Arts and culture
Context:
Artisans in Khurja is in need of government support to overcome drop in demand, revenue and want technology upgrade in manufacturing and sales
Concept:
- Khurja pottery is an Indian pottery work manufactured in Khurja of the Bulandshahr district in Uttar Pradesh.
- A huge portion of the ceramics used in the country is supplied by Khurja hence it is sometimes called “The Ceramics City“.
- There are at least two conflicting versions of the origins of the pottery-manufacturing sector in Khurja.
- In one version there was a historical cluster of traditional potters, who had established themselves in Khurja, several hundred years ago. In this version potters from Egypt and Syria accompanied the Afghan King Taimur Lung when he passed by Khurja on an easterly campaign 500 years ago.
- In another, the origins of the tradition go back to people with knowledge of pottery who had moved there during the Mughal empire.
- Khurja pottery, which the GI tag, boasts of a variety of tea-sets, crockery, and ceramic tile works. Among the most popular glazed pottery forms, the process involves a range of labour-intensive tasks such as clay churning, moulding, colouring, followed by glazing.