Pottery in India has deep religious significance. Figurines of Gods and Goddesses are made of clay during festivals like Durga Puja in Bengal and Ganesh Chaturthi in Maharashtra. Also popular are the gram devtas (village deities) regularly created by local craftsmen. Makers of clay doll in India usually follow two separate schools - one is called the Terracotta school, in which the figurines after being prepared, are burnt to make them last longer. The second school does not involve the burning process for the figurines, and is more prevalant in Kumartulli and Krishnanagar in West Bengal.
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Terracotta sculptures from India : beautiful handmade Indian art and crafts made of terracotta, or burnt clay sculptures, depicting international artefacts as well as Indian artefacts, Hindu God and Goddesses and others.
The third aspect of the Supreme Being is the process of dissolution of all creation, a precursor to the fresh beginning of the process of creation...(and) is represented by Lord Shiva - the third of the Hindu Trinity... Shiva controls death in the physical world and since birth and death are complementary to each other, Shiva is revered as the master of all birth and death... Shiva brings about the unification of the transient with the transcendental and of all that illusory with the ultimate truth... In himself he assimilates the characteristics of the male and the female, creator and the destroyer, celibacy and eroticism…
I came across your site and found it to be really amazing, specially the "Religious Dolls, depicting various Hindu Gods and Hindu Goddesses" which was impressive.
