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| name = Manasa chali<br>Bankura Panchmura Terracotta Craft<br />
| image = Manasa chali Panchmura মনসা চালি পাঁচমুড়া.jpg<br />
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| caption = Manasa chali<br />
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| description = Manasa chali is a famous terracotta [[arts of West Bengal]]<br />
| type = [[Arts of West Bengal]]<br />
| area = [[Panchmura]], [[Bankura]], [[West Bengal, India]]<br />
| country = {{flag|India}}<br />
| registered = {{start date and age|28 March 2018}}<br />
| material = [[Clay]]<br />
| official website ={{URL|http://ipindiaservices.gov.in/GirPublic/Application/Details/453|ipindiaservices.gov.in}}}}<br />
'''Manasa chali,''' or ''Manasa bari,'' is a type of idol of Debi [[Manasa]] made of [[Terracota]] in [[Panchmura]], [[West Bengal, India]]. It typically features a small figure or a group of three figures in the middle with rows of [[snake]] hoods fanning out in a half moon shape.<ref name="Dasgupta 2009">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_0_o9Qj1LOEC&q=manasa+chali&pg=PR12|title=Heritage Tourism: An Anthropological Journey to Bishnupur|last1=Dasgupta|first1=Samira|last2=Biswas|first2=Rabiranjan|last3=Mallik|first3=Gautam Kumar|date=2009|publisher=Mittal Publications|isbn=9788183242943|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Satra|first=Tarapada|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.265787|title=Paschimbanger Lokshilpa O Shilpisamaj|date=|publisher=Lokosanskriti o Adibasi Sanskriti Kendra|year=December 2000|pages=63-64}}</ref> ''Chali'' or ''bari'' is [[Bengali language|Bengali]] for 'the shade of something'. ''Chali'' is referred to here as 'the shade of idol' or 'the besh of idol', like [[Chalchitra]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://seemaawasthiblog.wordpress.com/2016/07/03/panchmura-terracotta-craft-become-the-symbol-of-indian-folk-art/|title=Panchmura terracotta craft become the symbol of Indian folk-art|date=2016-07-03|work=Hand Made Toys|access-date=2018-08-05|language=en-US}}</ref> These idols have two basic colors, reddish-yellow and black.<ref name="Dasgupta 2009" /><br />
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==Object of worship==<br />
[[File:Panchmura Manasa chali, পাঁচমুড়ার মনসা চালি.jpg|thumb|Manasa chali of [[Panchmura]]]]<br />
Manasa, the snake deity, is worshiped primarily for protection from snakebites. The story of ''[[Chand Sadagar|Chand Saudagar]]'' (The Devotee of Shiva) is well-known throughout the [[Bankura district]]. Manasa Chali and the Manasa Ghat are worshiped in [[Panchmura]].<ref name="Dasgupta 2009" /><br />
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== Geographical Indications ==<br />
Manasa chali is registered under the [[Geographical indication|Geographical Indications]] of [[West Bengal]], named Bankura Panchmura Terracota Craft on 28 March 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://ipindiaservices.gov.in/GirPublic/Application/Details/453|title=Details {{!}} Geographical Indications {{!}} Intellectual Property India|website=ipindiaservices.gov.in|language=en|access-date=2018-08-05}}</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
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* [[Bankura horse]]<br />
* [[Crafts of India]]<br />
* [[Pottery in the Indian subcontinent]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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{{Culture of West Bengal}}<br />
{{Bankura topics}}<br />
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[[Category:Geographical indications in West Bengal]]<br />
[[Category:Culture of West Bengal]]<br />
[[Category:Terracotta]]<br />
[[Category:Bankura district]]</div>UpdateBot