In the heart of Karnataka, artisans in Channapatna continue a centuries-old legacy of handcrafted wooden toys, using natural ...

The whirr of machines and smell of carved wood hangs in the air of the Indian toy workshop, a centuries-old art form still in ...

Rising competition from mass-produced toys, including cheap replicas made in China, has cast a shadow on the growth of the industry in the town -- but it has endured ...

This file photograph, taken on Feb. 26, 2025, shows an artisan keeping the painted heads of dolls for drying at a toy ...

The whirr of machines and smell of carved wood hangs in the air of the Indian toy workshop, a centuries-old art form still in ...

Rising competition from cheap replicas made in China has cast a shadow on the the industry Artisan Kouser Pasha displaying a wooden toy train at his toy factory in Channapatna in the Ramanagara ...

Channapatna (India) (AFP) – The whirr of machines and smell of carved wood hangs in the air of the Indian toy workshop, a centuries-old art form still in the game despite cheaper plastic ...

The town of Channapatna is famed for its wood and lacquer toys, carved from ivory wood from a local deciduous tree – and dipped in brightly-coloured dye from natural ingredients inclu­ding turm ...

Manjunath had appraised Gadkari about the problems faced by the popular Channapatna toy makers after construction of ...