Idol making at Kumortuli in Kolkota, in Kolkata

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The making of goddess Saraswati in progress at Kumortuli/ Kumartuli in Kolkota. Kumortuli/ Kumartuli s a traditional potters' quarter in northern Kolkata, the capital of the East Indian state of West Bengal. By virtue of their artistic productions these potters have moved from obscurity to prominence. This Kolkata neighbourhood, not only supplies clay idols of Hindu gods and goddesses to barowari pujas in Kolkata and its neighbourhoods, but a number of idols are exported. It is one of the seven wonders in Kolkata. Being in the periphery of the area in which the Indian aristocracy prospered, Kumortuli/ Kumartoli was home to a number of renowned persons. A road in Kumortuli/ Kumartuli named after Nandram Sen, famous as Black Deputy, and the first collector of Kolkata in 1700, is proof of its