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Chulha | Hearth
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Category: Vastu
Location: Chhainsa, Faridabad, Haryana
Cultural region: Mewat
Materials: Earth
Earth craft technique: Brick masonry, Plastering
Source: DICRC, India and SADACC, UK
A raised platform was built around this chulha, to keep things like the hot pan, rolling pin and board, tongs, and matchbox after their use. At the bottom, a boundary was made to contain the firewood ash from the hearth.