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Kotha are used to store grains by filling its volume with grains or by keeping bags filled with grains in it. The grains are usually mixed with natural pesticides like dried neem leaves or ash from a chulha (hearth).
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- Title: Kotha (Granary)
- Location: Chainpura, Baran, 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: Admixture (mud, hay & dung), Lime, Metal (Iron), Wood
- Wood Craft Technique: Joinery
- Region: Hadoti
- Metal Craft Technique: Fittings
- Lime Craft Technique: Plastering
- Admixture Craft Technique: Slab building
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