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On the occasion of a wedding, utensils are gifted to the bride in a peti (chest). These utensils are then displayed on a tandi in her husband’s home, as seen in this example. It is also indicative of the number of people that can be hosted at a given time, thereby symbolising the status of the family.
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- Title: Tandi (Shelf)
- Location: Waisari, Panipat, Haryana
- Type: Manjush (Storage)
- Contributor: Mansi S Rao, Rishav Jain, Ben Cartwright and Radha Devpura
- Rights: Design Innovation and Craft Resource Centre, CEPT University and South Asian Decorative Arts and Crafts Collection (SADACC) Trust
- Medium: Stone
- Stone Craft Technique: Dressing
- Region: Khadar
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