This is an old Place in bangalore area where people for decades have been into Pottery making,clay mud artifacs of Lord Ganesha are made during vinayaka chathurthi. The 'Pottery Town' of Bangalore is the equivalent of 'Kumartuli' or 'Kumortuli' or the 'Potters Town' of Kolkata.
I visited Bangalore in the month of august 2010, for some personal work , after finishing my work I thought of visiting pottery town as Ganesh chathurthi was around the corner , not very far from Frazer Town, there is a small dedicated area for the potters known by the name Pottery Town. Though the place is always filled with potters, making pottery round the year, it’s this time of the year when thousands of people throng to the place. It’s also the time when many out-station potters get their base in the Pottery Town. Artisans from Bengal also visit this place three to four months befotre Ganesh chathurthi, they usually come to Bangalore during this time, i.ethree months prior to Ganesh Chaturthi and stay back till Dussera because the idols that they create can be sold till then. They claim that their idols are special as they use mud from Ganga river to make the idols,mud is imported from West Bengal for this purpose ,these skilled artisans are in demand all over India espescially by Bengali diaspora & and also in cities like Mumbai , Amhedabad , Pune , Lucknow especially for festive purposes for creating idols , most of them hail from Krisnanagar district of West Bengal.
I visited Bangalore in the month of august 2010, for some personal work , after finishing my work I thought of visiting pottery town as Ganesh chathurthi was around the corner , not very far from Frazer Town, there is a small dedicated area for the potters known by the name Pottery Town. Though the place is always filled with potters, making pottery round the year, it’s this time of the year when thousands of people throng to the place. It’s also the time when many out-station potters get their base in the Pottery Town. Artisans from Bengal also visit this place three to four months befotre Ganesh chathurthi, they usually come to Bangalore during this time, i.ethree months prior to Ganesh Chaturthi and stay back till Dussera because the idols that they create can be sold till then. They claim that their idols are special as they use mud from Ganga river to make the idols,mud is imported from West Bengal for this purpose ,these skilled artisans are in demand all over India espescially by Bengali diaspora & and also in cities like Mumbai , Amhedabad , Pune , Lucknow especially for festive purposes for creating idols , most of them hail from Krisnanagar district of West Bengal.
