Description :Agarias are traditional iron smelter. Their kiln is very near to their houses. The deity who presides over their profession is loha-sur, the iron demon, who is supposed to live in the smelting kilns. They worship their smelting, implements on the day of dusshera and during phagun.
Received From :Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya
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Madhya Pradesh
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2019-08-02T11:39:25Z
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2019-08-02T11:39:25Z
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Agarias are traditional iron smelter. Their kiln is very near to their houses. The deity who presides over their profession is loha-sur, the iron demon, who is supposed to live in the smelting kilns. They worship their smelting, implements on the day of dusshera and during phagun.
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