Aliya (Wall niche)

Design Innovation and Craft Resource Centre, CEPT University
Ahmedabad, India

Aliya can be of different shapes and sizes according to the design of the architectural elements in a building. These aliya in an abandoned haveli in Bundi may have been used to place diya (oil lamps)

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Title: Aliya (Wall niche)
Location: Bundi, Bundi, Rajasthan
Type: Manjush (Storage)
Contributor: Mansi S Rao, Ben Cartwright and Samrudha Dixit
Rights: Design Innovation and Craft Resource Centre, CEPT University and South Asian Decorative Arts and Crafts Collection (SADACC) Trust
Medium: Lime, Stone
Stone Craft Technique: Carving, Stone masonry
Region: Hadoti
Lime Craft Technique: Fresco

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