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00:30On 2nd February, there is Basant Panchami or Saraswati Pooja.
00:55On this day, Mahasaraswati Pooja is performed.
00:57Right now, I am at the place where Mahasaraswati idols are made.
01:01If you see behind me, there are idols of Mahasaraswati.
01:03From small to big size, there are many idols.
01:05If I take you to the other side and show you,
01:08you will see that there are many idols here.
01:11And this artist is making these idols with a lot of finishing.
01:18These are clay idols.
01:20If you see there, there are big idols there as well.
01:22And on that side, there are many such idols.
01:24If you see here, there are big idols of Mahasaraswati.
01:30All these idols will be made for Mahasaraswati Pooja on 2nd February.
01:36There are many artists from Rajasthan here.
01:39Many idols have been packed and many are being made.
01:41There are many artists here and we will try to talk to them as well.
01:44We will try to know how much effort they put in making these idols.
01:49What is your name?
01:50My name is Khazan.
01:51Khazan?
01:52Yes.
01:52Where are you from?
01:53I am from Rajasthan.
01:54Rajasthan?
01:55Yes.
01:55Do you make idols every year?
01:56Yes, we make them every year.
01:57What do you think about the market this time?
01:59This time, there is no market.
02:00Before the lockdown, there was no work.
02:03The work that was going on, there is no work now.
02:05Still, we make a lot on our wrist.
02:07The family is sitting with us.
02:08We don't have any other work other than this.
02:10We make a lot of idols.
02:11If we make a little, we save it.
02:13If we save it, we give it away.
02:15Now, we make all these clay idols at home.
02:17If it is sold a little, we give it away.
02:19If it is not sold, we give it away in the next season.
02:21And if it is not sold, we give it away.
02:24It is not that expensive.
02:25Do you make idols here?
02:26Do you have supply everywhere?
02:28No, we don't have supply.
02:29We used to go to CoCo.
02:30They used to take a couple of idols and sell them.
02:31The rest of the idols that we used to sell,
02:33they are all broken.
02:35How many idols do you have?
02:37We have 200 and 500 idols.
02:40If we go to Mars, we have 1200-1300.
02:42That's it.
02:43This is the last idol.
02:44What do you think about the market this time?
02:45Are people buying idols?
02:46This time, there may be less demand.
02:50We are not getting any orders.
02:52We have already booked a couple of idols.
02:54We have already made a list of idols.
02:56We don't know what will happen in the future.
02:58If we have customers, we can sell them.
03:00If we have customers, we can sell them.
03:02What do you think, will you sell your idols this time?
03:04I can't say anything further.
03:06I don't know if it will be sold or not.
03:08We have already made a list.
03:09What clay is used to make this idol?
03:11This is plaster and mud.
03:13Both are mixed to make this idol.
03:15It dissolves in water.
03:17It doesn't cause any pollution.
03:19What do you want to appeal to the government?
03:21What else can we appeal to the government?
03:23Like our idol is being made.
03:25We mix clay and plaster to make this idol.
03:27We mix clay and plaster to make this idol.
03:29We make this idol with this idol.
03:31There is a lot of business going on.
03:33There is a lot of business going on.
03:35We don't have any other work.
03:37We just do this a little bit.
03:39We just do this a little bit.
03:41How long have you been making this idol?
03:43It's been 15-16 years.
03:45It's been 15-16 years.
03:47Do you do the whole family's work?
03:49We do the whole family's work.
03:51We don't have other work.
03:53We don't have other family's work.
03:55We are just doing this a little bit.
03:57We are just doing this a little bit.
03:59They are the artists from Rajasthan.
04:01They are the artists from Rajasthan.
04:03All of them are childhood friends.
04:05They are the children of the family.
04:07They live here.
04:09Do you make idols here?
04:11We do make it.
04:13We live here.
04:15There are women sculptors here, small children, and all other people.
04:20And if we talk about sculptors, their work is based on this.
04:25Their livelihood is based on this.
04:29Apart from this, they don't have any other source of income.
04:33And this is the reason why they are appealing to people,
04:35to take as many sculptures as possible, so that their livelihood can be sustained.
04:40As you are saying, this time the demand for sculptures has reduced.
04:45Not much, but it has reduced.
04:47Although it has been seen in many places that the demand for sculptures has increased.
04:50But if we talk about Faridabad, the demand for sculptures here is decreasing day by day.
04:54For Faridabad City Bharat, Mukesh Kumar.