I was explaining this to my son - so thought of reminding you all of these. It is Hande the "POT boiler" (I would apply for copyrights for coining this word) For most of us, my generation, it is nothing new - but we can inform this to children. So this piece is not for you- but for your children !
All the houses had Hande, a pot made out of bronze or brass. it used to be housed in a cube-like cement structure in the corner of bathrooms, with a front opening for loading of firewood and a long pipe called chimney to flush out the smoke generated. There used to be firewood depots. Depending on consumption, mostly once in a month, we used to go and get fire wood in a cycle or there used be a metallic push cart; There used to be lot of types of firewood like Sarve soude, according to quality we used to pay.. Measurement was one 'Mana' - one Mana is equivalent of 10 Kgs. after this, we also used to procure cow dung cakes - berani ( another word for copyright ); this had to be purchased from Cowsheds which were all around the place. Then there used to be Kerosene sold in a bullock carts having two drums filled with fuel - there used to be tap and one used to measure litre or for a 'can' full; These sime enne gaadi used to come in the street. So every day evening - Firewood used to be dumped along with Berani; morning put little kerosine and burn it. there used to be oodu koluve - a flute like cylinder to puff oxygen to the fire burning. In the rainy season, when wood was not so dried up - smoke used to be all over bath room; sometimes all over the house. We also used coconut shells - which burns very fast. But onceit burnt - it used to serve for a family and always left over leading to a common proverb - ootakke mundhe; neerige hindhe.
Next step was boiler - a cylinder with electric rod. needed to have water above electric rod so that it would not get ruined - most of the next generation know about this so nothing more to mention.
All the houses had Hande, a pot made out of bronze or brass. it used to be housed in a cube-like cement structure in the corner of bathrooms, with a front opening for loading of firewood and a long pipe called chimney to flush out the smoke generated. There used to be firewood depots. Depending on consumption, mostly once in a month, we used to go and get fire wood in a cycle or there used be a metallic push cart; There used to be lot of types of firewood like Sarve soude, according to quality we used to pay.. Measurement was one 'Mana' - one Mana is equivalent of 10 Kgs. after this, we also used to procure cow dung cakes - berani ( another word for copyright ); this had to be purchased from Cowsheds which were all around the place. Then there used to be Kerosene sold in a bullock carts having two drums filled with fuel - there used to be tap and one used to measure litre or for a 'can' full; These sime enne gaadi used to come in the street. So every day evening - Firewood used to be dumped along with Berani; morning put little kerosine and burn it. there used to be oodu koluve - a flute like cylinder to puff oxygen to the fire burning. In the rainy season, when wood was not so dried up - smoke used to be all over bath room; sometimes all over the house. We also used coconut shells - which burns very fast. But onceit burnt - it used to serve for a family and always left over leading to a common proverb - ootakke mundhe; neerige hindhe.
Next step was boiler - a cylinder with electric rod. needed to have water above electric rod so that it would not get ruined - most of the next generation know about this so nothing more to mention.
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