The Potter's Wheel Of Benares

Oh! The pot is everywhere!

Where there is buttermilk, in the cupboard, a pot

Where water is stored, at the waterstand a pot

Where food is kept, on the stove, a pot

Where there is jaggery, in the attic, a pot

In the heart of the home

As ëgotraji, ancestors, a pot

Vastu, during house warming,

At the threshold of each home, a pot

Where a marriage ëpandali is built, a pot

When the ëgarbai dance takes place,

In the courtyard a pot.

During sickness,

Left in the outskirts of the village, a pot

At every stop in a pilgrimage, a pot

In death, at the cremation ground, a pot

At a ëYagnai representing the planets are pots

In the village square, the singer plays a beat on a pot

                ~ Parkriti: The Oral Tradition

     Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts

Mud glasses under the scorching Sun..@Dhulipur, Varanasi

Miniature Mud Art

Kulhad Chai an ectasy!

Malai in Matka... Benares Special!

Maati Kahe Kumhar se, tu kya rondhe mohe

Ek din aisa aayega, mein rondhugi tohe

                                      ~Kabir Das (15CE)

Livelihood on wheels- a potter engaged in his daily work at Dhulipur, Varanasi

The potter turned to knead the clay

And heard it say:

Be not too proud thou

Tho’ you may shape me now

A time will come when it will be me

That shapes and kneads thee. 

(The clay kneading the potter refers to the body returning to the earth after death)

Philosopher in the Potter 

Also it is famously written as

"Guru Kumhar Sikh Kumbh Hai, Gadh Gadh Kadhe Khot
Antar Hath Sahar De, Bahar Bahe Chot "

which means that Guru is the Potter, disciple is the (unbaked) pot
Gives Shape and cures the flaws with care Protecting (always) with palm from inside While pounding the pot from outside.