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Channapatna
An hour down Mysore Road, a town where lacquered wooden toys are still turned by hand on home lathes.
why we keep going,
Stop at the Channapatna Crafts Park or the KSHDCL Lacquerware Crafts Complex. Both let you watch a lathe at work.
GI-tagged since 2006, made with vegetal dye lac. The shops on the highway are mid; go off it.
Pair it with Mysore. Half a day in Channapatna, the rest pushing on or coming back.
local context
Channapatna has been turning lacquered wooden toys for over 200 years; the craft received a GI tag in 2006 and supports about 1,500 artisans in Ramanagara district.
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