The Pottery Maker (standard:non fiction, 765 words)
Author: Juggernaut	Added: Sep 11 2013	Views/Reads: 5011/1990	Story vote: 0.00 (0 votes)
The story of hard working pottery maker.

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vehicle known to use for travel; a small mouse is a preferred vehicle 

of Lord Ganesh whereas his brother uses brightly colored Peacock as 

his vehicle of preference.  God Vishnu carries a large conch with one 

hand and with other three he carries other ornaments but the ornaments 

they carry were specific and like identification markers for each one 

of them. Lord Rama always carries a bow and arrow, Hanuman carries a 

Gadha, a heavy club shaped weapon and so on. 

While Juggernaut growing up, pottery maker Ramu living in the 

neighborhood used to give clay idols for free in exchange for free 

medical care from Juggernaut's physician father. Thus, the house was 

full of colorful clay idols collected over the years. Every year, a 

week before the beginning of the annual celebrations of Lord Ganesh, 

potter Ramu brought a clay idol of Lord Ganesh to Juggernaut home as a 

gift; the Ganesh idol, a chubby figure with an elephant head 

colorfully painted sitting on a small mouse, his personal vehicle was 

3 feet tall and weighed around 25 pounds or so.  After worship with 

flowers and twigs of various plants, as per the tradition, the idol 

shall be discarded at a river or a stream or any water body but 

Juggernaut's father saved it year after year, thus the idols of Ganesh 

were accumulated in the storage room; only natural deterioration over 

the years ended their shelf life. 

Potter Ramu spent whole day making clay idols with intricate details 

and paint them with bright colors appropriately as per the traditions 

but to strike a conversation with him was very hard. On occasions when 

the potter visited Juggernaut' home to deliver an earthen pot or a 

brightly colored idol as a gift, Juggernaut tried to strike a casual 

conversation with him but Ramu had very little to say, his responses 

were always either yes or no as if his earthen pots and colorful clay 

idols speaks louder than his own words. 


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