This PPT gives information about the famous toys of India. Hope you enjoy and get a lot of information about the toys found in different states of India.

1. THE FAMOUS TOYS
OF INDIA
GO BEYOND CHANNAPATNA:
5 OTHER TYPES OF TOYS IN INDIA

2. TOYS
Toys are one of the most important things which every child
needs to complete it’s childhood.
As we know, channapatna is one of the famous types of toys of
india and this is from KARNATAKA a state in southern part of
INDIA
So now let’s go beyond CHANNAPATNA, 5 other famous
types of toys found in INDIA

3. 1.Kondapalli
toys
ANDHRA PRADESH
Kondapalli is a town in the Krishna district of
Andhra Pradesh. The city has a 400 – year-old toy-
making tradition passed from generation to
generation. These toys are made with the softwood
from Tella Poniki tree,which the skilled artisans
craft into toys based on many themes, especially
Indian mythology
Artisans paint the toys figurines with soft and thin
brushes dipped in water or oil colours. The toys
showcase animals, life scenes, rural folks, gods and
characters epics. Soldiers, Ambari Elephants,
Dasavatar set and pen stands are some of the more
popular items.

4. Kondapalli toys

5. 2.Thanjavur dolls
Tamil Nadu
The iconic Thanjavur doll comes from the Thanjavur
district, Chennai, Tamil Nadu. The craft of the doll is an
ancient skill where few or no tools are used to handicraft
the figurines. The unique feature about the Thanjavur
doll is that it is a combination of roly- poly and
bobblehead dolls. Bobblehead dolls have a head larger
than the body, when hit, roly- poly dolls bounce back and
fourth come back into a standing position.
The craft of the Thanjavur Doll or as it is called in Tamil –
Thanjavur thalayatti bommai (Thanjavur head- shaking
doll) dates to the early 19th century kingdom of King
Saboji. The heritage is traditionally made with terracotta
and cast as a pair of king and queen in a doll-like
semblance which symbolises the dynasties of Thanjavur.

6. Thanjavur dolls

7. 3.The Wooden Toys
Of Varanasi
Uttar Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh’s Varanasi and Mirzapur are renowned
for their wooden toys whose designs are made with
the natural veins of the wood. Made without any
joints, the beautiful toys are an ancient craft and are
cast in shapes of animals, birds, musicians and
dancers.
Using knives, chisels and hammers, the artisans cut,
peel and shape shisham or eucalyptus wood to
create these toys which can be spherical and
cylindrical or the more traditional and religious
articles, vermillion cases, or deities.
These intricately carved toys are primarily made to
catch eyes of the pilgrims and foreigners.

8. The wooden toys of Varanasi

9. 4. Asharikandi
Terrecotta Toys
Assam
The traditional toys in Assam are made with
clay, bamboo, pith, cloth and mud in the figures
of brides and grooms, animals, birds and deities.
More than 200 artisans families in the village
are involved in this ancient craft keeping the
tradition alive.
The Hatima Putul, literally a mother with
elephant- like ears with a baby on her lap, is
one of the most distinctive creative features of
Asharikandi. In the early 1970s, Nilima Baruah,
the sister of filmmaker Prathamesh Baruah
christened the doll as Hatima Putul. The name
sprung from watching the elephant- like ears of
the mother.

10. Asharikandi Terrecotta toys

11. 5. Natungram
dolls
Natungram, a quaint village in the district of Burdwan
which is about 4 hours drive from Kolkata, is one of
the few areas in southern West Bengal where the
age- old tradition of doll making has been retained to
an extent
Crafted from a piece of wood chiselled to the requisite
length, the dolls gets the face and its attire painted on
it and preserves a rustic beauty. The Gour- Nitai dolls
are one of the distinct types of these dolls which
came from the wave of Bhakti movement their
religious appeal, artists have been able to branch out
from these conventions and use their palette liberally.
Apart from these traditional standalone dolls, the
artisans now incorporate these traditional dolls into
furniture pieces
West Bengal

12. Natungram dolls

13. 6.Sawantwadi
toys
Sawantwadi toys refers to hand made works of art
made of wood in Sawantwadi a town in Sindhudurg
district of Maharashtra, an Indian state.[1] Sawantwadi
is considered to be India's largest market for wooden
models of fruits and wooden toys. Most of these toys
are made in the village of Kolgaon in Sawantwadi
taluka, these toys are made from the wood of the Indian
Coral tree (Erythrina variegata).
Craftsmen who make these toys belong to the Chittari
community who came to Sawantwadi from Karwar and
Goa.[2] It is reported that the makers of these toys face
the challenge of competition from mass produced
cheap Chinese products.[3] A news story dated May,
2013, bemoans the lack of state support to this
traditional art form.[4]
Maharashtra

14. Sawantwadi toys

15. Channapatna…..
The city is famous for its wooden toys and lacquerware. Channapatna is
also called Town of toys "Gombegala nagara". These toys are manufactured
in traditional and advanced small-scale industries. Manufacturing and twisting
of raw silk, rice, ragi and coconut is a major product of Channapattana taluk

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