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Pots, bowls, plates, jars and diyas are some items made of clay. Pots are
now used for cooking, storage, making flower vases, and decoration.
Diyas
Plates
Clay Pot
Flower Vases
Bowls Jars Cooking Pot
Did You Terracotta is a form of clay pottery. It is often used in the
Know? manufacture of flowerpots. Terracotta is also commonly
used in pipes, bricks and sculptures. Terracotta pottery
is made by baking terracotta clay at extremely low
temperatures. It is natural brown-orange in colour.
Terracotta pot
Life with Pottery
In the olden days pottery was used to store food and water, as well as to
cook, eat and drink.
In summer, people use clay pots to store water as it
keeps it cool.
Clay cups called kulhars are used to serve tea in
railway stations.
Kulhar
Some dishes, such as kulfi, lassi, rabdi,
and kheer, are cooked in earthen pots to
give them a unique flavour.
We also grow plants in clay pots.
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