Temples of fired clay
With little stone to hand, the Malla kings of Bishnupur built their 17th- and 18th-century temples in brick and dressed them in terracotta panels: epics, hunts and boats, all in fired clay.
A district of West Bengal
Bankuraবাঁকুড়া
Red earth, temples of fired clay, and the long-necked horse of Panchmura.
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Stories from Bankura
The horse of Panchmura
The long-necked terracotta horse is made in Panchmura and the villages around it and offered at village shrines. It has become a symbol of Indian handicraft.
Stories woven on silk
Baluchari saris carry whole scenes in their pallu. The weave began in Murshidabad and lives on in Bishnupur, where it was revived in the 20th century.
Traditional to Bankura
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- Panchmura horseTerracotta, from a palm-sized pair to a waist-high one.
- Baluchari sariSilk from Bishnupur, a story in the pallu.
DokraLost-wax brass, made around Bikna near Bankura town.- Dashavatar cardsRound, hand-painted playing cards from Bishnupur.
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