ReDharavi
ReDharavi
ReDharavi
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Pottery<br />
Twelve and a half acres of prime property in Dharavi at the junction of the 90-60<br />
Feet Roads is named after the migrant potters from Gujarat: ‘Kumbharwada’<br />
(Potters’ Colony). Like many communities who came to seek their fortunes in<br />
the island city, they were shifted out of the then emergent city centre in south<br />
Bombay, and resettled in Dharavi.<br />
250 potters’ families who live here have a special place in the community, their<br />
business being as old as Dharavi itself. Their houses, combining home and<br />
workplace, have an interesting design, narrow and long structures with two<br />
entrances: one opens onto the yard where production happens and where the<br />
shared bhatti or kiln is sited; the other entrance opens onto the street, where<br />
the finished goods are displayed and sold. Though, compared to other trades,<br />
the Kumbhars enjoy more space, their business has not seen a boom as some<br />
others since it caters to a localised clientele.<br />
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