Handmade in India

Hand operated lathe to which a metal pot is attached. The artisan turns the lathe and the other applies lac to the pot, Pusaur.
Subclusters of
SARGUJA AND
RAIGARH
Sarguja district:
Pahad Chidwa
Silma
Puhphutara
Luchiki / Kanthi
prakashpur
Ambikapur
Raigarh district:
Ektal
Jaspur
Kaserpara
Kharsiya
Kosumnara
Netnagar
Pusaur, Santpura
Raigarh, Tamnar
Raipur district:
Rajim, Navapara
Janjgir district:
Sakti, Champa
Bilaspur district:
Sarkanda
Magarpara
RESOURCES
Craft Raw Materials Sources
Bamboo basketry Bamboo Forest
Metal casting Dhuvan - resin Sal tree
Painted clay relief Clay
Bronze ware
Old copper vessels Bastar
Brass vessels Old brass vessels Moradabad
Pata weaving Cotton yarn Orissa
River bank, Sarguja district
Crafts of SARGUJA
AND RAIGARH
Painted clay relief
Lost wax metal
casting
Bamboo basketry
Brass vessels
Bronze ware
Pata Weaving
1. Bamboo worker at
Luchki.
2. Artisan making a
clay mould a
casting a large
lamp in Ektal,
Raigarh district.
3. Painted clay relief
jaali, screen, made
by a well known
craftsperson of
Puhphutara.
Surguja, In the northern part of Chhattisgarh, is hilly
and covered with forests except for Mainpat and
Samripat regions which are on a plateau - pat being
the local word for plateau. The north and south of
Sarguja are thickly forested, abundant with teak and
sal trees. The rivers Kanhar, Moran, Rihand and
Mahan flow through it. The historical connection of
Sarguja has been attempted by naming many places
after Ram, Sita and Laxman from the epic Ramayana
and by the Pando and Korva tribes trying to claim
their descendence from the Pandava and the Kaurava
dynasties of the Mahabharata respectively. The crafts
of the regio are a spontaneous expression springing
from thei daily existence. The Rajwars celebrate
Chherta, the harvest festival, by painting their houses
with figurative clay relief, and making metal cast
objects that are integral to their rituals and
ceremonies. Raigarh, in the eastern border of
Chhattisgarh, has the rivers Mahanadi, Mand and
Kelonadi flowing through it. In the large forest area,
teak, sal, bija, saaja, bamboo, tendu leaves, grass,
hards, behara and amla are the main forest
produce.Though there are large coal reserves in
Kharsia, Dharam, Jaigarh and Gharghoda tehsils,
district sub-divisions, and quartzite, lime and dolomite
in Sarangarh; villagers still have to migrate to cities
for work once the harvesting of paddy and other crops
is over. The few families of the Pusaur panchayat,
village council, make vessels and containers of beaten
brass and bell metal and the Meher and Bholia
weavers, originally from Orissa, produce cotton
textiles on handlooms.
ACCESS
Sarguja and Raigarh are well connected by roads to
Raipur, the state capital, which also has an airport
connecting it to Delhi and Nagpur. Raipur also has a
railway station.