We stay in Shankhari Bazar walking very slowly, there is something to see in every nook and cranny.
The long tradition of clay image making is mentioned in the various "Silpa Sastras", the canons of Hindu iconography, as well as several 'Puranas'. Clay has always been seen as a suitable materials for image making, Clay images that are to be used for worship are generally referred to as "mrinmaya" The clay images are made using various kinds of clay over a frame of bamboo with the bulk of the figures being made initially from straw.and finally hand-painted.