{"product_id":"puratan-deepa","title":"Puratan Deepa","description":"\u003cp class=\"tagline\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"This wood held up a ceiling once. Now it holds a flame.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"desc-text\"\u003eSomewhere in India — in a haveli being restored, a temple being repaired, an old doorway being carefully dismantled — a piece of hand-carved wood was saved from becoming nothing. The\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"em\"\u003ePuratan Deepa\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis that piece, given a new purpose and a new life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat you are looking at is a\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"em\"\u003ereclaimed architectural bracket fragment\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e— the kind of corbel or cantilever support that once jutted from the wall of a temple, haveli, or old wooden structure to carry a beam, a balcony, or a canopy overhead. Its stepped profile — the classic\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"em\"\u003eanupurva bracket form\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eof Indian vernacular architecture — is visible in the layered horizontal bands that form its body. And from its face, a\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"em\"\u003ecarved Makara (mythical sea creature)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eemerges in three-dimensional relief — its curling body and open mouth the mark of a craftsman who understood that even structural objects should carry beauty.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe surface tells the full story of its age — layers of dark paint in\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"em\"\u003edeep forest green, aubergine purple, and raw umber brown\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003esit over each other like geological strata, worn through at the high points to reveal the grain of the old wood beneath. No paint job, no artificial ageing process, no distressing technique creates this. Only\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"em\"\u003eactual time\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003edoes.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMounted on a\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"em\"\u003eslim black iron pedestal stand\u003c\/span\u003e, the top of the bracket has been fitted with a small tealight cup — so the fragment that once held up a structure now holds a flame. At dusk, with a candle lit, the shadows thrown by the carved Makara face and the stepped bracket profile transform the wall behind it into a fragment of the building this piece once belonged to.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"em\"\u003eNo two Puratan Deepa pieces are the same.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eEach one is a different fragment, from a different source, with a different story in its surface. The piece photographed is representative of the form and character — yours will carry its own history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"desc-text\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0729\/5208\/6727\/files\/Screenshot_2026-05-07_at_23.01.36.png?v=1778175143\" alt=\"\" width=\"308\" height=\"115\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0729\/5208\/6727\/files\/Screenshot_2026-05-07_at_23.01.53.png?v=1778175180\" alt=\"\" width=\"308\" height=\"76\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kanasu Artifacts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46518638215367,"sku":null,"price":2999.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0729\/5208\/6727\/files\/puratan-deepa-6609386.png?v=1778208966","url":"https:\/\/kanasu-artifacts.com\/products\/puratan-deepa","provider":"Kanasu Artifacts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}