The traditional pottery industry in
Aurangabad village in Gorakhpur
district of Uttar Pradesh, is not only
weathering the onslaught of modernisation but thriving in spite of it.
Bhola Prasad Prajapati, one of
the potters who has been engaged in
idol making since 19,62, says the
secret of the smooth finish of their
ware is a fine textured pond clay
devoid of any gravel. However, the
idols which Prasad makes are baked
using the traditional method of
burning cow dung and wood.
According to a bulletin of the
Research Centre for Decentralised
Industries, Prasad earns Rs 2,500 a
month, an income much higher
than the average in the village.
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