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, 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 ...

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.

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 ...

Artisan Kouser Pasha displaying a wooden toy train at his toy factory in Channapatna. (Photo by Idrees Mohammed / AFP) Rocking horses, baby walkers and dancing dolls cut from wood are a common ...

This store is known for its collection of Channapatna Dolls and they have put together a series of dolls especially for Dasara. From basavas, gajas, kudures to dolls of Coorg, North Karnataka ...

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 ...

The Kuteera features display of Kinnala arts of Koppal, Channapatna doll making, Warli paintings, pottery making, bamboo products, paper fold craft also known as origami, sculpting, and 3D painting.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...