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Health Benefits of Earthenware (Terracotta)

Terracotta: “Baked Earth”

Food cooked in a clay or earthenware is good for health. According to Ayurveda “cooking in a clay pot not only has a variety of health benefits but also makes for an easier cooking process more flavorful and nutritious dish. The recent researches done proved Teflon coated cookware is one of the reasons for the cancer cause. It is simpler to cook and improves the nutritional quality as the earthen cookware add calcium, phosphorous, iron, magnesium and sulphur to food, which is extremely beneficial. Clay is also alkaline and thus, neutralises the acidity in the food, which makes it easy to digest. The porosity and natural insulation properties of clay cause heat and moisture to circulate throughout clay pots. This causes moisture and nutrient loss as compared to cooking in metal or enamel-lined utensils. ”Earthenware is eco-friendly, unglazed earthenware is 100% completely biodegradable when disposed of unlike Teflon pans and steel pots that fill up landfills increasing waste. The availability of earthenware is not much accessible to urban society. Hence, the use of earthenware is mostly limited to semi-urban and villages only. Terracotta is a type of iron-rich earthenware (and so a rusty red colour) that is often left unglazed so that it can absorb water. It is used for a range of applications. Plant pots, flooring and roofing tiles and storage jars, but not usually for plates, cups or other crockery.

So, Earthenware refers to the type of clay, and terracotta is a type of earthenware.

Earthen Cookware

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The SHGs (Self Help Groups), which are into earthenware making business, are supported by SERP-AP (Society for Elimination of Rural Poverty). Kalgudi team did detail listing of their products and the SHG went live on Kalgudi on-line platform in October 2018. The products have been made visible to everyone thus making it reachable to any geographical location. Thus, Kalgudi helped the SHGs to increase their geographic reach out and thereby increasing their market. Let us also switch to Earthen-cookware and get health benefits and support the noble idea of environment protection.

You can buy any modern earthen cookware products at amazing prices with discounts and Free Shipping on Eligible Purchases from Kalgudi.

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Leather Puppets and Lamp Shades

The craft of making leather puppets is inextricably linked to the traditional folk form of cultural expression. Puppetry is also known as Tolu Bommalu or Tolu Bommalatta in Telugu i.e leather puppetry, this form of shadow-puppet theatre is found in several regions of Andhra Pradesh. Tolu means leather in Telugu and bommalu means dolls or figures in Telugu. The puppetry was one of the main forms of entertainment in olden days. Gradual urbanisation led puppetry limited to villages. In recent times, the entertainment business flourishing into movies, television and mobile entertainment, the art form is in a dying state hence the leather puppet makers are being forced to diversify their art into making utility items such as colourful lamp shades, in order to cater to a new market.

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The artisan makes the designs, which are mythological figures, animals and their own creations. Many puppets have movable hands and legs and some have movable heads and necks. These brilliantly crafted puppets help in the development of soft motor skills of growing children. Hence today many international schools are introducing puppetry as an activity in their educational regime.

  • Hand Puppet play helps young children develop creative skills by enforcing them to use their imaginations.
  • It is through imaginative play that children come to understand the difference between fantasy and reality.
  • It improves their expressing skills.

The leather lamp shades are now the new age home decor. The leather painted lamp shades come in various variants and are decorated with vibrant colours which give an aesthetic look to the home interiors. The art of making leather puppetry dates back to centuries and is being carried forward through generations.

The SHGs (Self Help Groups) which are still into this leather puppetry making business are supported by SERP-AP (Society for Elimination of Rural Poverty) and the puppets (Peacock, Tiger, Horse, Vinayaka, Hanuman, etc.) to name a few and the lamp shades are listed on KALGUDI platform. Through the purchase of these beautifully crafted home decor puppets and lampshades, we can lend our helping hand to support this art form from extinction.

#LightShades #LampShades #LeatherPuppets #ToluBommalu #Marionette #SoftMotorSkills  #Memory in kids               

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Farm-Input Store (Fertilizers,Pesticides,Farm Equipment,…)

Farm inputs play a major role in the productivity of the crop. The optimum quality and quantity of inputs determine the quality and quantity of production.

In this current scenario, many unauthorised retailers take advantage of naive and illiterate farmers and provide them with duplicate or imitative products (Seeds, fertilizers, pesticides, fungicides and growth boosters etc). As a result of usage of these fake products the farmers often end up with less productivity and incur huge losses these instances can be minimised by bridging the gap between the manufacturers,distributors and authorised dealers and producers and to promote the interests of the farmers. Kalgudi came up with an on-line digital store which stalls various variants directly from manufacturers to eliminate duplicates.

Farmer Store in Kalgudi is an on-line store which is dedicated to agri-related and agri-allied inputs. Kagudi stalls Fertilizers, Pesticides, Seeds, farm equipment, irrigation equipment, pheromone traps etc directly from the manufacturers, authorised dealers and stalls them on Kalgudi. Kalgudi supports the customers from purchase till the end delivery of the product. The payment transaction is safe and securely done through Kalgudi payment gateway. Kalgudi technology is best and latest for secure transactions.

The farmers/Dealers can purchase from trusted and verified Inputs & Implement suppliers thus Kalgudi Farmer store helps in eliminating the duplicates and imitations. Input supplies are delivered right at your farm directly from dealers & manufacturers. Thus kalgudi empowers the farmers through digitisation and reinforcing agriculture practices thus sustaining the farming community with modern technology and hand-holding them at every phase from purchase until the product is delivered.

Kalgudi will continue supporting the Rural Society and empower them with digitisation.

#Farming#Agriculture#Agri #Farmers #FarmersMarket #FarmStore

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Agate Beads Necklace with Pendant !!!

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Agate Beads Necklace with Pendant !!!

Maroon Agate Gemstone Necklace with Monalisa Pendant Set by BSKP Pearls is a great addition to your jewellery collection. This maroon crystal beads combined with the beautiful monalisa pendant adds beauty to your look and garner a lot of compliments.

#DWCRA #WomensEmpowerment #Traditional #Rural #Culture #AndhraPradesh

The craft of making leather puppets is inextricably linked to the traditional folk form of cultural expression. Puppetry is also known as Tolu Bommalu or Tolu Bommalatta in Telugu i.e leather puppetry, this form of shadow-puppet theatre is found in several regions of Andhra Pradesh. Tolu means leather in Telugu and bommalu means dolls or figures in Telugu. The puppetry was one of the main forms of entertainment in olden days. Gradual urbanisation led puppetry limited to villages. In recent times, the entertainment business flourishing into movies, television and mobile entertainment, the art form is in a dying state hence the leather puppet makers are being forced to diversify their art into making utility items such as colourful lamp shades, in order to cater to a new market.(Click on the image to enlarge)The artisan makes the designs, which are mythological figures, animals and their own creations. Many puppets have movable hands and legs and some have movable heads and necks. These brilliantly crafted puppets help in the development of soft motor skills of growing children. Hence today many international schools are introducing puppetry as an activity in their educational regime.Hand Puppet play helps young children develop creative skills by enforcing them to use their imaginations.It is through imaginative play that children come to understand the difference between fantasy and reality.It improves their expressing skills.The leather lamp shades are now the new age home decor. The leather painted lamp shades come in various variants and are decorated with vibrant colours which give an aesthetic look to the home interiors. The art of making leather puppetry dates back to centuries and is being carried forward through generations.The SHGs (Self Help Groups) which are still into this leather puppetry making business are supported by SERP-AP (Society for Elimination of Rural Poverty) and the puppets (Peacock, Tiger, Horse, Vinayaka, Hanuman, etc.) to name a few andthe lamp shades are listed onKALGUDI platform. Through the purchase of these beautifully crafted home decor puppets and lampshades, we can lend our helping hand to support this art form from extinction. @page { margin: 2cm } h3.western { font-family: “Liberation Sans”, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt } h3.cjk { font-family: “Noto Sans CJK SC Regular”; font-size: 14pt } h3.ctl { font-family: “Lohit Devanagari”; font-size: 14pt } p { margin-bottom: 0.25cm; line-height: 115% } a:link { so-language: zxx } #LightShades#LampShades#LeatherPuppets#ToluBommalu#Marionette#SoftMotorSkills #Memory in kids http://www.kalgudi.com