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[[File:Kindi.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Kindi]]<br />
'''Kindi''' is a type of a pitcher usually found in old houses in [[Kerala]] and other parts of [[India]].<br />
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Early examples of ''Kindi'' first appears in Chalcolithic period cultures of South Asia, notably in [[Daimabad#Phase_I:_Savalda_culture|Savalda Culture]] and two well-preserved examples from [[Daimabad#Phase_V:_Jorwe_culture|Jorwe culture]] pottery dating to 2nd millennium BC.<ref name=singh>{{cite book|last=Singh|first=Upinder|title=A History of Ancient and Early Medieval India: From the Stone Age to the 12th Century|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=H3lUIIYxWkEC&q=Daimabad&pg=PA229|year=2008|publisher=[[Pearson Education]]|location=[[Delhi]]|isbn=978-81-317-1120-0|pages=229–233}}</ref><ref name="asi">{{cite web|url=http://asi.nic.in/asi_exca_imp_maharashtra.asp|title=Excavations - Important - Maharashtra|publisher=[[Archaeological Survey of India]]|access-date=1 September 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111011165314/http://asi.nic.in/asi_exca_imp_maharashtra.asp|archive-date=2011-10-11|url-status=dead}}</ref><br />
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Usually made of [[bell metal]], it is commonly used during [[Puja (Hinduism)|Puja]] to dispense [[Holy_water#Non-Christian_holy_water|holy water]]. Kindi is also used to keep water at the entrance of the house, so that visitors can wash their feet with this water, and also to wash hands after meals.<br />
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The shape of Kindi is very effective to minimize water loss while washing the feet or hand, as it has only a small aperture to pour water. Its shape is also very attractive. While using Kindi, the hands of the user never touch the water inside the Kindi, so that water never get contaminated.<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Lota (vessel)]]<br />
* [[Kalasha]]<br />
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