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Large wide-mouth vessels sitting on top of outdoor kiln; The Kumbhars (Kumbars) of Mumbai came from Saurashtra to Bombay in 1877 when their Gujarati region was ravaged by drought and set up their kilns in an area in south Bombay. But as the city grew, the Kumbhars were pushed further north. So they were relocated to Sion, on the northern edge of the island city. But again the land on which they set up shop was needed (for a British army camp). So they were relocated, this time to the edge of the island city, close to a swamp that is the Dharavi slum today. Kumbharwada, where a community of potters from Gujarat has lived since 1932, has a distinct personality of its own. All the houses accommodate the potter’s wheel and a group of houses open out into an open space where there is a shared kiln for firing the pots. Kumbharwada occupies twelve and a half acres of prime property in Dharavi; over 250 potters work there. Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page (accessed 8/30/2015)