Traditional pottery returns to Thottakam
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The village is home to a community of potters
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The village is home to a community of potters
After a long gap, the potter’s wheels have begun to churn along the lanes of Thottakam in Thalayazham panchayat, near Vaikom.
The village, which is home to a community of potters, currently has about 20 families practising the tradition as their primary occupation. The timeless hand craftsmanship, which was slowly disappearing from the village here, has made a comeback through a programme implemented by the Responsible Tourism (RT) Mission Kerala.
The project, titled PEPPER (People’s Participation for Planning and Empowerment through Responsible Tourism), has helped the village and its pottery tradition to find a place in the official tourism map of the State government. The products being churned out by these families are now of great demand among the tourists visiting the backwater destinations nearby.