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Parhendi | Water pitcher storage
Category: Manjush
Location: Singar, Nuh, Haryana
Cultural region: Mewat
Materials: Earth, Stone
Earth craft technique: Brick masonry, Painting
Stone craft technique: Dressing
Source: DICRC, India and SADACC, UK
This parhendi was built in the kitchen space of the house. Made to keep only two pots, the family had placed more water pots that were required to be filled on the kitchen platform. A terracotta pot was hung from a khuti fixed on one side of this parhendi.