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#12853635
12 October 2025
A Nepali potter shapes clay into the form of an earthen lamp at Pottery Square in Bhaktapur, Nepal, on October 12 to meet the demands for the upcoming Tihar, the festival of lights. The charkhas and modern machines set beneath the tin spin throughout the day, along with the hands of the potters who make them, because the festival of lights, Tihar, approaches. Pottery Square in Bhaktapur Durbar Square attracts a large number of tourists as well as buyers of pottery items, which are found at comparatively lower prices than in the main market.
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#12853636
12 October 2025
A Nepali potter shapes clay into the form of an earthen lamp at Pottery Square in Bhaktapur, Nepal, on October 12 to meet the demands for the upcoming Tihar, the festival of lights. The charkhas and modern machines set beneath the tin spin throughout the day, along with the hands of the potters who make them, because the festival of lights, Tihar, approaches. Pottery Square in Bhaktapur Durbar Square attracts a large number of tourists as well as buyers of pottery items, which are found at comparatively lower prices than in the main market.
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#12853637
12 October 2025
A Nepali potter shapes clay into the form of an earthen lamp at Pottery Square in Bhaktapur, Nepal, on October 12 to meet the demands for the upcoming Tihar, the festival of lights. The charkhas and modern machines set beneath the tin spin throughout the day, along with the hands of the potters who make them, because the festival of lights, Tihar, approaches. Pottery Square in Bhaktapur Durbar Square attracts a large number of tourists as well as buyers of pottery items, which are found at comparatively lower prices than in the main market.
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#12853641
12 October 2025
A Nepali potter shapes clay into the form of an earthen lamp at Pottery Square in Bhaktapur, Nepal, on October 12 to meet the demands for the upcoming Tihar, the festival of lights. The charkhas and modern machines set beneath the tin spin throughout the day, along with the hands of the potters who make them, because the festival of lights, Tihar, approaches. Pottery Square in Bhaktapur Durbar Square attracts a large number of tourists as well as buyers of pottery items, which are found at comparatively lower prices than in the main market.
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#12853642
12 October 2025
A Nepali potter shapes clay into the form of an earthen lamp at Pottery Square in Bhaktapur, Nepal, on October 12 to meet the demands for the upcoming Tihar, the festival of lights. The charkhas and modern machines set beneath the tin spin throughout the day, along with the hands of the potters who make them, because the festival of lights, Tihar, approaches. Pottery Square in Bhaktapur Durbar Square attracts a large number of tourists as well as buyers of pottery items, which are found at comparatively lower prices than in the main market.
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#12853655
12 October 2025
A Nepali potter shapes clay into the form of an earthen lamp at Pottery Square in Bhaktapur, Nepal, on October 12 to meet the demands for the upcoming Tihar, the festival of lights. The charkhas and modern machines set beneath the tin spin throughout the day, along with the hands of the potters who make them, because the festival of lights, Tihar, approaches. Pottery Square in Bhaktapur Durbar Square attracts a large number of tourists as well as buyers of pottery items, which are found at comparatively lower prices than in the main market.
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#12853667
12 October 2025
A Nepali potter shapes clay into the form of an earthen lamp at Pottery Square in Bhaktapur, Nepal, on October 12 to meet the demands for the upcoming Tihar, the festival of lights. The charkhas and modern machines set beneath the tin spin throughout the day, along with the hands of the potters who make them, because the festival of lights, Tihar, approaches. Pottery Square in Bhaktapur Durbar Square attracts a large number of tourists as well as buyers of pottery items, which are found at comparatively lower prices than in the main market.
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#12853644
12 October 2025
Freshly prepared earthen lamps, used widely during Tihar, the festival of lights by Hindus in Nepal and India, dry in the sun before baking in the courtyard of Pottery Square in Bhaktapur, Nepal, on October 12, 2025. The charkhas and modern machines set beneath the tin spin throughout the day, along with the hands of the potters who make them, because the festival of light, Tihar, approaches. Pottery Square in Bhaktapur Durbar Square attracts a large number of tourists and buyers of pottery items, which are found at comparatively lower prices than in the main market.
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#12853647
12 October 2025
A Nepali potter dips the freshly baked earthen lamps, locally called ''Pala,'' before drying them in the sun to make them ready for final use for Tihar, the festival of lights observed by Hindus across Nepal and India, in the pottery square of Bhaktapur, Nepal, on October 12, 2025. The charkhas and modern machines set beneath the tin spin throughout the day, along with the hands of the potters who make them, because the festival of light, Tihar, approaches. The Pottery Square of Bhaktapur Durbar Square attracts a large number of tourists as well as buyers of pottery items, which are found at comparatively lower prices than in the main market.
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#12853648
12 October 2025
A Nepali porter dries freshly baked and mud-soaked earthen lamps, locally called ''Pala,'' as they get ready for final use during Tihar, the festival of lights observed by Hindus across Nepal and India, in the pottery square of Bhaktapur, Nepal, on October 12, 2025. The charkhas and modern machines set beneath the tin keep spinning throughout the day, along with the hands of the potters who make them, because the festival of light, Tihar, approaches. The Pottery Square of Bhaktapur Durbar Square attracts a large number of tourists as well as buyers of pottery items, which are found at comparatively lower prices than in the main market.
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#12853649
12 October 2025
Baked and painted earthen lamps, used widely during Tihar, the festival of lights by Hindus in Nepal and India, dry in the sun after baking in the courtyard of Pottery Square in Bhaktapur, Nepal, on October 12, 2025. The charkhas and modern machines beneath the tin spin throughout the day, along with the hands of the potters who make them, as the festival of light, Tihar, approaches. Pottery Square in Bhaktapur Durbar Square attracts a large number of tourists and buyers of pottery items, which are found at comparatively lower prices than in the main market.
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#11236362
13 May 2024
The world's largest wooden charkha (spinning wheel) is being displayed at Terminal 3 at Indira Gandhi International Airport (Delhi Airport) in Delhi, India, on April 24, 2024. Forty-two carpenters made the charkha in 55 days, and it weighs four tonnes. It is made of high-quality Burma teak wood and is estimated to last for over 50 years.
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#11236363
13 May 2024
The world's largest wooden charkha (spinning wheel) is being displayed at Terminal 3 at Indira Gandhi International Airport (Delhi Airport) in Delhi, India, on April 24, 2024. Forty-two carpenters made the charkha in 55 days, and it weighs four tonnes. It is made of high-quality Burma teak wood and is estimated to last for over 50 years.
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#11236382
13 May 2024
The world's largest wooden charkha (spinning wheel) is being displayed at Terminal 3 at Indira Gandhi International Airport (Delhi Airport) in Delhi, India, on April 24, 2024. Forty-two carpenters made the charkha in 55 days, and it weighs four tonnes. It is made of high-quality Burma teak wood and is estimated to last for over 50 years.
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#9281636
5 December 2022
A man demonstrates how to use a Ghandi charkha or spinning wheel during a program in Baramulla Jammu and Kashmir India on 05 December 2022
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#7162022
2 October 2021
Minister of State for External Affairs Meenakshi Lekhi spins a wooden charkha (spinning wheel), to mark the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, in New Delhi, India on October 2, 2021.
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