The Sculpturer
The Idol Maker
Savitri Devi is an another example of self made parson, she makes these God idols with the help of mould and clay taken from near by river and she is doing this work since from her childhood and now she has her husband and son to help her in many ways. She told me that this is her hereditary profession, like Raju she dose not sell her idols door to door but despite of this she prepare these idols for some special occasions and festive seasons in India like Dipawali, Durga Puja, Shivratri and many more. She sell her idols in village fairs and small village shops only. She takes her idols to the biggest fair of "Chaubari Mela" of Bareilly district where she stay in tent for 5 to 8 days to sell her idols and at the end she has a good amount of money for her family. While asking about the income she laugh and told me that she has different price for different idols the starting price is from 10 Rupees till 50 Rupees, as it depends on the size of the idol. Basically villagers of India prefer idols made of mud & clay despite of metal because they believe that one have to immerse the old idols of God in river and buy new one every year. That brings prosperity and good luck for family, and that is why it is in our culture and tradition. Savitri Devi told me that her whole family is doing this business for years, the work is distributed among family members the painting work is done by her while her husband prepare the mould and give shape to these idols, her son goes to the near by river to dig the clay. And after the hard labor these idols becomes ready for sale.
Savitri Devi is an another example of self made parson, she makes these God idols with the help of mould and clay taken from near by river and she is doing this work since from her childhood and now she has her husband and son to help her in many ways. She told me that this is her hereditary profession, like Raju she dose not sell her idols door to door but despite of this she prepare these idols for some special occasions and festive seasons in India like Dipawali, Durga Puja, Shivratri and many more. She sell her idols in village fairs and small village shops only. She takes her idols to the biggest fair of "Chaubari Mela" of Bareilly district where she stay in tent for 5 to 8 days to sell her idols and at the end she has a good amount of money for her family. While asking about the income she laugh and told me that she has different price for different idols the starting price is from 10 Rupees till 50 Rupees, as it depends on the size of the idol. Basically villagers of India prefer idols made of mud & clay despite of metal because they believe that one have to immerse the old idols of God in river and buy new one every year. That brings prosperity and good luck for family, and that is why it is in our culture and tradition. Savitri Devi told me that her whole family is doing this business for years, the work is distributed among family members the painting work is done by her while her husband prepare the mould and give shape to these idols, her son goes to the near by river to dig the clay. And after the hard labor these idols becomes ready for sale.
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