Charkha is a spinning wheel used to spin threads out of raw cotton. This charkha was gifted to the eldest women of the family during her wedding around forty-eight years ago. Though it was not in use, she had chosen to keep it as memorabilia of her wedding.
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Title: Charkha (Spinning wheel)
Location: Nagpur, Fatehabad, Haryana
Type: Vastu (Object)
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