Leela bordia biography of albert

The city of Jaipur is known around the world as the 'Pink City' but how many of you know of its historical roots with the blue hues of blue pottery?!

Leela Bordia with ceramic training from US extended the art of blue pottery to beads, necklace, pendants and other ornament-like items.

  • His pathbreaking revival inspired others like entrepreneur Leela Bordia, under whose artistic direction in collaboration with craftsman Giriraj Singh there.
  • The city of Jaipur is known around the world as the 'Pink City' but how many of you know of its historical roots with the blue hues of blue pottery?
  • Albert Hall, situated in the sprawling Ram Niwas Gardens, was completed in Leela Bordia of Neerja Pottery made design interventions and revived.
  • With the basic objective of doing good for the Blue Pottery craftsmen, Leela Bordia started Neerja International to help the craftsmen in.

    • Meet Leela Bordia: Queen Of Jaipur’s Blue Pottery Who Changed The Lives Of Hundreds

    After graduating, Leela got married and came to Jaipur (Jaipur Beyond Forts And Palaces) where her Engineer husband Kamal Bordia was settled.

    This story of Blue Pottery resurrection started when she happened to visit the local villages around the city and noticed the beautiful work of some craftsmen who were making blue pottery.

    She was instantly attracted to the vibrancy and feel of the traditional Blue Pottery merchandise on display.

    However, she observed that lack of employment was a major concern in those villages. Also, the craftsmen had no means of marketing their products, so she decided to move into this field.

    During the year 1978, Leela Bordia started engaging in social welfare activities in the villages in and around the Jaipur district of Rajasthan.

    Then, two years later, she established Neerja International which is an exclusive platform to showcase and sell blue pottery.

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