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Manja is a charpoy raised up on turned or carved wooden legs fixed to a frame, around which the webbing is woven. This charpoy was placed along the street in a market area in Amritsar. Commissioned as a piece of community furniture, this was used by the locals to sit and rest during the day. It was around three times the size of a commonly found manja.
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- Title: Manja (Charpoy)
- Location: Amritsar, Amritsar, Punjab
- Type: Manch (Sleeping)
- Contributor: Rishav Jain, Mansi S Rao, Ben Cartwright and Abhishek Ruikar
- Rights: Design Innovation and Craft Resource Centre, CEPT University and South Asian Decorative Arts and Crafts Collection (SADACC) Trust
- Medium: Grass (Sarkanda), Metal, Wood
- Wood Craft Technique: Joinery, Painting, Turning
- Region: Majha
- Metal Craft Technique: Beating, Bending
- Grass (Sarkanda) Technique: Weaving
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