Manamadurai pottery gets GI tag | The Hindu

These pots have put this village in Tamil Nadu on the global map. Manamadurai in Sivagangai district is known for pottery making. The Manamadurai pottery recently earned a Geographical Indication tag.
How are these pots made?
The Vaigai river enriches the clay used for the Manamadurai pottery. Pot making requires expertise as the bottom has to be perfectly round.
The circumference of the pot and the neck should be proportionate so that the pot sits flat on the ground. The right proportion of mud, clay and heating makes this product very strong.
The main raw materials for making these pots are soil and water. The sand, collected from different places of the district, is used for making pottery and dried for two days.
The particles of the mud get separated by sieving. The slurry is mixed with the sand and lead and graphite are added to the mixture to improve the quality. This mixture is now rich in calcium lime, ash, red lead, sodium silicate, manganese, iron, and plasticizing.
What makes these pots unique?
Reporting: Sangeetha Kandavel
Voiceover & Production: Abhinaya Sriram
Videos: Ashok R
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[@shambhoosharan9004]

Very nice report on clay pottery of Tamilnadu... Such potteries are also manufactured in North India too..

[@aaronsaldanha2815]

Lead is used for pottery ? Isn't lead toxic!?

[@jadephoenix222]

it is!!

[@scert7329]

Wrong information given in the video by sankis

[@rakshithsaliana7852]

and there is no minimum quantity for lead to be toxic, even just a microgram is also considered as toxic, i don't know if it is true that they are adding lead for pottery

[@SujeetSingh-rd7oc]

"Microphone had gone dysfunctional!"

[@LeahMlauzi-b8n]

Beautiful

[@prabhushankar8520]

Good 👍😊

[@themomentstudio745]

Good one

[@susmithagovada]

Please give a number to contact them or link to buy them online.

[@rahulpotter1]

Warm greetings. Please take help/guidance of experts in the field. A lot is incorrect :(

[@sangrambhumia9320]

Lead!

[@achuthramr5767]

Very very short... must have gone a full 10 minutes... half burnt 🥵

[@SujeetSingh-rd7oc]

Why are you people interfering. Out!!

[@RajnishKumar-ty5pp]

Plz correct the spelling it is Sivaganga District not Sivagangai?

[@fury1435]

It's sivagangai only not sivaganga

[@scert7329]

Tamil no. 1