VISITING THE GADIA LOHARS

As a part of the heritage sangha group we visited the people of Gadia Lohar. We met their families, interacted with them and asked them about their lifestyle. We talked to them and asked them various questions about their lives and their work. They have their own family business in which they work with iron and make utensils etc. The smaller kids watched them while the older ones helped in the household chores.
After talking to them about child marriage etc we gained knowledge and got rid of a misconception many people had about them, that they believed in child marriage, but actually the girls get married near the age of 19 and boys 21.
I extremely enjoyed this experience of talking to the living heritage of india and understanding there lifestyle. There was a small girl around the age of 10 and she became my friend, she game me one of her bracelets as a gift which she was wearing and I was very touched.