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Potters' wheels and drying clay at Bhaktapur Pottery Square

WorkshopBhaktapur

Bhaktapur Pottery Workshop

Throw your own pot on the wheel at Potter's Square, where Bhaktapur's clay trade has run for centuries.

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WorkshopBhaktapur

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At Bhaktapur's Pottery Square, working potters run short hands-on sessions where you throw your own pot on a traditional wheel — then watch the masters shape lamp bases in seconds flat. Your piece dries while you explore; several studios ship finished, fired pieces abroad. Best combined with the Durbar Square and Nyatapola circuit.

Skip if

Skip if you want a polished art class — this is a working yard, not a studio school.

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