A wide variety of dolls become available in Bengaluru during Dasara, including intricate figurines crafted out of clay and plaster of Paris, but Karnataka’s famous lacquered wooden Channapatna ...

Channapatna, after all, is best known for traditional lacquer toys like dolls, carts and rocking horses. Those days, it was a flourishing business. After a year of training, Farooq joined the ...

Channapatna, often referred to as the "Toy ... Inside another workshop, rows of painted doll heads dry under the sun, waiting to be assembled. Nearby, an artisan skilfully guides a piece of ...

Rocking horses, baby walkers and dancing dolls cut from wood are a common sight in workshops, which employ around 2,500 artisans in the town in the southern state of Karnataka. Channapatna's ...

BANGALORE: Channapatna craft is associated with dolls — little surprise that the place, located 60km South-West of Bangalore is famously called Gombegala-ooru or toy-town. Media regularly ...

Channapatna is called the Toy Town of Karnataka ... For two centuries, the town produced mostly dolls for domestic consumption. The influx of Chinese toys battered its market and the town's ...

The 10-day Dasara festival is also known for hosting Gombe Habba (Doll festival). This is also the time when Channapatna rises to the occasion as it is renowned across the country for making dolls.

stuffed dolls, clay kitchen set and Channapatna dolls,” she says. Shanta is also expecting more visitors this year. Deepthi Srikanth, a logistics professional, says like every year, she will ...

It’s a time-honoured tradition where dolls of all varieties — mud, brass, wood and even cloth — are displayed. And this season, handcrafted Channapatna wooden dolls are in demand ...