{"id":2691,"date":"2019-10-06T12:24:31","date_gmt":"2019-10-06T06:54:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/museumofmaterialmemory.com\/?p=2691"},"modified":"2019-10-06T17:23:54","modified_gmt":"2019-10-06T11:53:54","slug":"the-attar-cabinet-of-bhaskar-pandit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/museumofmaterialmemory.com\/the-attar-cabinet-of-bhaskar-pandit\/","title":{"rendered":"The attar cabinet of Bhaskar Pandit"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><strong>TEXT BY IRAWATI PANDIT<\/strong><br><strong>PHOTOGRAPHS BY VIDYUTH SINGH &amp; KETAKI DHERE<br><em>Pune, Maharashtra<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My paternal grandfather, my maternal grandmother, and my father have all narrated many stories of our ancestors on all sides. Listening to these stories, I have often imagined many a lives and incidents and through their tellings, have developed a strong affinity for all things old, including this old cabinet. I first laid eyes on it in 1996 when I was 8 years old, around a hundred years after it was made. It is a rectangular medium-sized piece, still retaining its elegant dark brown coloured polish. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It has been built in pure <em>sag<\/em> or teakwood, with distinct marks of the handmade artistry. In terms of structure, the cabinet can only be described as typical, with two shelves and two doors, closed with a latch, and a three-part lock. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, the beauty lies in the details. The right door panel has an ornate handle to open the cabinet. The handle is probably made of brass and has an early 20<sup>th<\/sup> century design with geometric patterns. However, the handle may have been an addition, since there is also a simple lock adjacent to it. The wooden latch itself, most probably from the original structure, is made out of teakwood and has been pruned into a triangular shape. Above the doors, the cabinet includes a balcony-like structure with a railing, which provides more storage space. The railing is bevelled with layered lines as decoration. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/museumofmaterialmemory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Gallery1_1-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2698\" data-link=\"https:\/\/museumofmaterialmemory.com\/?attachment_id=2698\" class=\"wp-image-2698\" srcset=\"https:\/\/museumofmaterialmemory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Gallery1_1-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/museumofmaterialmemory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Gallery1_1-400x600.jpg 400w, https:\/\/museumofmaterialmemory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Gallery1_1-768x1152.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/museumofmaterialmemory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Gallery1_2-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2699\" data-link=\"https:\/\/museumofmaterialmemory.com\/?attachment_id=2699\" class=\"wp-image-2699\" srcset=\"https:\/\/museumofmaterialmemory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Gallery1_2-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/museumofmaterialmemory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Gallery1_2-400x600.jpg 400w, https:\/\/museumofmaterialmemory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Gallery1_2-768x1152.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/museumofmaterialmemory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Gallery1_3-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2701\" data-link=\"https:\/\/museumofmaterialmemory.com\/?attachment_id=2701\" class=\"wp-image-2701\" srcset=\"https:\/\/museumofmaterialmemory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Gallery1_3-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/museumofmaterialmemory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Gallery1_3-400x600.jpg 400w, https:\/\/museumofmaterialmemory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Gallery1_3-768x1152.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Inside the cabinet, the four\nstiles have dents at regular intervals in which the shelves fit. Those allow\nthe user to move around the shelves and customise the compartment sizes, based\non how they are using it. Adjustable furniture, which we see as a modern\ninvention with the advent of user experience, was apparently also in usage\nabout a 100 years ago. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The cabinet does not denote any typical Maharashtrian cultural attributes, except perhaps suggesting the socio-economic position of its owner. The use of glass indicates a level of affluence, since glass was expensive and rare in those days.  It was originally commissioned by Bhaskar Vinayak Pandit or A\u1e47\u1e47\u0101, as we knew my great-great grandfather, some time towards the latter half of the 19<sup>th<\/sup> century. But the story of the cabinet is as migratory, as the family that possessed it.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/museumofmaterialmemory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Gallery2_1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2700\" data-link=\"https:\/\/museumofmaterialmemory.com\/?attachment_id=2700\" class=\"wp-image-2700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/museumofmaterialmemory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Gallery2_1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/museumofmaterialmemory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Gallery2_1-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/museumofmaterialmemory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Gallery2_1-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/museumofmaterialmemory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Gallery2_2-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2705\" data-link=\"https:\/\/museumofmaterialmemory.com\/?attachment_id=2705\" class=\"wp-image-2705\" srcset=\"https:\/\/museumofmaterialmemory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Gallery2_2-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/museumofmaterialmemory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Gallery2_2-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/museumofmaterialmemory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Gallery2_2-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Its first owner, Bhaskar Pandit<ins>,<\/ins> was a 3<sup>rd<\/sup> generation <em>Punekar<\/em> (someone hailing from Pune) and worked as the equivalent of an estate manager for the Pune estates of Shreemant Ramchandra Rao Gopal Rao or Appasahib Patwardhan of the Jamkhindi principality, now in Karnataka. Bhaskar Pandit resided at what is now our ancestral house in Pune, at 504, Narayan Peth<a href=\"#_ftn1\">[1]<\/a>, an unassuming wooden house, a typical <em>wada<\/em>, in which lived this wooden cabinet. It enjoyed its stay there till 1954, for a span of perhaps 70 years. My grandfather was born in the same house and stayed there briefly. In the olden days, such a cabinet was considered as model storage to store trinkets. The story goes that Bhaskar may have stored his attar (perfume), which he was fond of, or medicinal vials. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Govind Bhaskar Pandit or D\u0101d\u0101, as everyone refers to him, my great grandfather, was the only surviving son of Bhaskar Vinayak Pandit. He was a jeweller by profession, after a short stint as an accountant in Hyderabad. He inherited the cabinet as well as his father\u2019s fondness for perfumes. Govind Pandit happened to shift residence twice during his lifetime and the cabinet followed him everywhere &#8211; to Raviwar Peth in 1954, and then to 353\/3 Shaniwar Peth in 1958, to our bungalow, named <em>Manisha. <\/em>The cabinet\u2019s destiny didn\u2019t change with Govind, for the fragrance of perfumes still occupied its corners. In 1974, when Govind passed away, the cabinet was bequeathed to his son, my grandfather.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-4 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/museumofmaterialmemory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Gallery3_3Pandit-Family-tree-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2704\" data-link=\"https:\/\/museumofmaterialmemory.com\/?attachment_id=2704\" class=\"wp-image-2704\" srcset=\"https:\/\/museumofmaterialmemory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Gallery3_3Pandit-Family-tree-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/museumofmaterialmemory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Gallery3_3Pandit-Family-tree-400x600.jpg 400w, https:\/\/museumofmaterialmemory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Gallery3_3Pandit-Family-tree-768x1152.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><figcaption>The Pandit family tree<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/museumofmaterialmemory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Gallery3_1_A-young-Govind-Pandit-in-traditional-Maharashtrian-male-attire.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2702\" data-link=\"https:\/\/museumofmaterialmemory.com\/?attachment_id=2702\" class=\"wp-image-2702\" srcset=\"https:\/\/museumofmaterialmemory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Gallery3_1_A-young-Govind-Pandit-in-traditional-Maharashtrian-male-attire.jpeg 480w, https:\/\/museumofmaterialmemory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Gallery3_1_A-young-Govind-Pandit-in-traditional-Maharashtrian-male-attire-450x600.jpeg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><figcaption>A young Govind Pandit<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/museumofmaterialmemory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Gallery3_2_Govind-Bhaskar-Pandit_old.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2703\" data-link=\"https:\/\/museumofmaterialmemory.com\/?attachment_id=2703\" class=\"wp-image-2703\" srcset=\"https:\/\/museumofmaterialmemory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Gallery3_2_Govind-Bhaskar-Pandit_old.jpg 480w, https:\/\/museumofmaterialmemory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Gallery3_2_Govind-Bhaskar-Pandit_old-450x600.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><figcaption>Govind Pandit in his later years<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Shrikrishna Pandit, my grandfather, \u0100job\u0101, was born in 1923 in Pune. He was an engineer by profession and stayed in Mumbai most of his life, although Pune remained his favourite. Personally, he was one of the first people to inculcate the history of my family in to me, and along with my father, remains one of the biggest reason why I am interested in history at all. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 1982, the bungalow <em>Manisha<\/em> in Pune was demolished to make way for a high rise, and eventually, the family made its way to live on the top floor of this new building. But from 1982- 1988, the cabinet remained in a warehouse, since the building was under construction. Then in 1988, as newlyweds, my youngest uncle and aunt, Indrajit and Sujata, used it in their house for about 8 years, till 1996. My aunt used it as what we call in Marathi (<em>D\u016bdh-dubhtyaca kapaa\u1e6da,<\/em> literally a cupboard to store milk and dairy products). This type of cupboard may have been a predecessor to the modern refrigerators. Considering the vast storage space, such a cabinet was vastly crucial to a well running kitchen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-5 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/museumofmaterialmemory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Gallery4_1_Shrikrishna-Pandit-with-Govind-Pandit.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2712\" data-link=\"https:\/\/museumofmaterialmemory.com\/?attachment_id=2712\" class=\"wp-image-2712\" srcset=\"https:\/\/museumofmaterialmemory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Gallery4_1_Shrikrishna-Pandit-with-Govind-Pandit.jpeg 480w, https:\/\/museumofmaterialmemory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Gallery4_1_Shrikrishna-Pandit-with-Govind-Pandit-450x600.jpeg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><figcaption>Shrikrishna Pandit with Govind Pandit<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/museumofmaterialmemory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Gallery4_2_Sujata-and-Indrajit-Pandit.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2713\" data-link=\"https:\/\/museumofmaterialmemory.com\/?attachment_id=2713\" class=\"wp-image-2713\" srcset=\"https:\/\/museumofmaterialmemory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Gallery4_2_Sujata-and-Indrajit-Pandit.jpg 480w, https:\/\/museumofmaterialmemory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Gallery4_2_Sujata-and-Indrajit-Pandit-450x600.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><figcaption>Sujata and Indrajit Pandit<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/museumofmaterialmemory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Gallery4_3_Avinash-Shrikrishna-Pandit-576x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2714\" data-link=\"https:\/\/museumofmaterialmemory.com\/?attachment_id=2714\" class=\"wp-image-2714\" srcset=\"https:\/\/museumofmaterialmemory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Gallery4_3_Avinash-Shrikrishna-Pandit-576x1024.jpg 576w, https:\/\/museumofmaterialmemory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Gallery4_3_Avinash-Shrikrishna-Pandit-338x600.jpg 338w, https:\/\/museumofmaterialmemory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Gallery4_3_Avinash-Shrikrishna-Pandit-768x1365.jpg 768w, https:\/\/museumofmaterialmemory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Gallery4_3_Avinash-Shrikrishna-Pandit.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><figcaption>Avinash Shrikrishna Pandit<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>In 1996, the cabinet came to my father, Avinash Pandit (my B\u0101b\u0101) the eldest son of Shrikrishna and Vijayalakshmi, born in 1950. He is a keen family historian of the Pandit clan and my primary source of all information. He was also the one to notice the marks from the liquids stored in there decades ago. For him, this was an important piece of tangible history of his ancestors, and an avenue for his fondness for his grandfather.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As an 8-year-old, I wanted little\nto do with this object. It was old, brown, a little smelly, and didn\u2019t go with\nour colourful new house at all. For that time and about 20 years after, it was\ndestined to remain in a corner of the kitchen, away from the eyes of guests. It\nheld our medicines, unused kitchen items and some emergency lights, but was largely\nignored unless someone needed a tablet, a new toothbrush or the electricity\nwent out. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Over the years, it has developed a\ndistinct smell, a concoction possibly of Bhaskar, and Govind, and aged perfumes\nand medicines. As my grandmother would have said \u2018<em>Kay he chitra-vichitra\nvaas?<\/em>\u2019 (What is this strange odour?). Today, I, Avinash\u2019s youngest\ndaughter, now claim it as my own. I will be a 5<sup>th<\/sup> generation\nuser\/owner. This cabinet will now host my ever-expanding collection of antique\nbooks, some of which may have been just a few years younger than the cabinet. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-6 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/museumofmaterialmemory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Gallery5_1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2706\" data-link=\"https:\/\/museumofmaterialmemory.com\/?attachment_id=2706\" class=\"wp-image-2706\" srcset=\"https:\/\/museumofmaterialmemory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Gallery5_1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/museumofmaterialmemory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Gallery5_1-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/museumofmaterialmemory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Gallery5_1-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/museumofmaterialmemory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Gallery5_2-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2707\" data-link=\"https:\/\/museumofmaterialmemory.com\/?attachment_id=2707\" class=\"wp-image-2707\" srcset=\"https:\/\/museumofmaterialmemory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Gallery5_2-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/museumofmaterialmemory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Gallery5_2-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/museumofmaterialmemory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Gallery5_2-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Although pushed from corner to\ncorner, it now rests peacefully in an open space of the room, from where it\ngets the light of the day. Freshly polished, towering over my writing table and\na stark contrast to my pink wall. It may have been perched on a wall similarly\nwhile at 504 Narayan or 353 Shaniwar, standing testimony to the history of my\nfamily. The cracks, the dents, and the marks on the shelves all tell a story\nthat it was well used and well loved, since it has travelled distances as well\nas time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To me, this cabinet acts as a time\ncapsule, as well as one of the things that connect me with people I have never\nseen, but form a part of my existence. How else would I have known about\nBhaskar Pandit\u2019s love for perfumes or supposed that at one time it held\nprecious jewels used in Govind Pandit\u2019s business? I may have always associated\nthe smell with the 21<sup>st<\/sup> century medicines, forgetting that once, in\nanother suburb of Pune, someone else also used it to store something dear to\nthem. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I have been told that I am a\ntypical \u2018Pandit\u2019, encompassing all traits of my patrilineage. But perhaps, it\nis more than just traits; I also have something tangible to call my\ninheritance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-7 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/museumofmaterialmemory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Gallery6_1-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2709\" data-link=\"https:\/\/museumofmaterialmemory.com\/?attachment_id=2709\" class=\"wp-image-2709\" srcset=\"https:\/\/museumofmaterialmemory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Gallery6_1-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/museumofmaterialmemory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Gallery6_1-400x600.jpg 400w, https:\/\/museumofmaterialmemory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Gallery6_1-768x1152.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/museumofmaterialmemory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Gallery6_2-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2710\" data-link=\"https:\/\/museumofmaterialmemory.com\/?attachment_id=2710\" class=\"wp-image-2710\" srcset=\"https:\/\/museumofmaterialmemory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Gallery6_2-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/museumofmaterialmemory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Gallery6_2-400x600.jpg 400w, https:\/\/museumofmaterialmemory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Gallery6_2-768x1152.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#_ftnref1\">[1]<\/a> Pune is divided into several \u2018<em>peths<\/em>\u2019 \u2013 settlements\/ suburbs\nnamed after eminent personalities or days of the week which were established\nduring different periods in time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This cabinet was originally commissioned by Bhaskar Vinayak Pandit or A\u1e47\u1e47\u0101, my great-great grandfather, some time towards the latter half of the 19th century. 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