This website uses cookies so that we can provide you with the best user experience possible. Cookie information is stored in your browser and performs functions such as recognising you when you return to our website and helping our team to understand which sections of the website you find most interesting and useful.
Almari | Alcove
Category: Manjush
Location: Sangrur, Sangrur, Punjab
Cultural region: Malwa
Materials: Earth, Stone
Earth craft technique: Brick masonry
Stone craft technique: Masonry
Source: DICRC, India and SADACC, UK
This almari was recorded in the workshop of a carpenter. The middle shelf was used as a shrine and the bottom one was used to store the carpenter’s tools. A radio placed on the top shelf played local music while the carpenter worked. A bandarwal which had Shubh Deepavali written on it was hung from nails at the top, indicating that it would have been put up during Diwali.