Central Cottage Industries Emporium (CCIE) on M.G Road is now embellished with magnificent Khurja ceramic artefacts and pottery items from May 4th -12th. Coffee pots, mugs, tea-sets, Pizza plates, soup bowls, dinner plates, side plates, dessert bowls, beer mugs, pepper and salt holders, pickle jars... You name it; they have it in a variety of colours and designs and each one is unique and striking.

The designs of the Khurja utensils and artefacts are astonishing. Dining plates are available in sets of 6, 8 or 10. Even indigo coloured big jars, flower vases, bud vases and lampshades in various colours are displayed here.

Khurja is an ancient aesthetic craft from a small village called Khurja in Uttar Pradesh, just 120 km away from Delhi. Even today, 40 per cent of the people of Khurja are engaged in the occupation of making Khurja artefacts. But most of the artisans are shifting over to other occupations since they are not finding their job profitable. The CCIE showroom Manager, S Mukherji told bangalorebest.com that the process of making Khurja ceramic pottery includes baking the raw artefacts at a temperature of 1,200 degrees,and no lead is used in the manufacture to give the colour, hence it can also be used for cooking.

The small village, Khurja has also produced national award winning artisans like late Rashid Bhai. The artefacts are priced between Rs 30 and Rs 2,500.

Just walk into CCIE showroom at M.G. Road and you will sure find it worth it.

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