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.
Dyut | Lamp holder
Details
Category: Manjush
Location: Manakpur Sharif, Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar, Punjab
Cultural region: Malwa
Materials: Earth, Lime
Earth craft technique: Brick masonry, Painting
Lime craft technique: Fresco, Plastering
Source: DICRC, India and SADACC, UK
This wall was made using bricks of smaller size known as nanakshahi bricks in Punjab. The dyut was also made using the same bricks. The wall and the dyut were plastered with lime and were decorated with frescos.
