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This wall was made using bricks of smaller size known as nanakshahi bricks in Punjab. The dyut was also made using the same bricks. The wall and the dyut were plastered with lime and were decorated with frescos.
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- Title: Dyut (Lamp holder)
- Location: Manakpur Sharif, Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar, Punjab
- Type: Manjush (Storage)
- 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: Earth, Lime
- Region: Malwa
- Lime Craft Technique: Fresco, Plastering
- Earth Craft Technique: Brick masonry, Painting
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