A friend had been meaning to check out Dakshin Chitra for ages, so off we went last month. I've been to this beautiful cultural showcase/artists' village/generally awesome place twice already...but the craft bazaar and the wonderfully eerie houses set up in the tradition of each of the four Southern States keep beckoning :) Not to mention some super fun activities (like pottery and glass-blowing) and things to buy...this time I returned with super noisy clay rattles and a bamboo bow and arrow set (coooooolness) :)
Stocked up on lots more thread-bangle goodness at the bangle stall :)
Gorgoeusly painted wooden baby cribs at the Tamil Nadu House.
A beautiful wooden spice cabinet in the Kerala House (eeriest of the lot...said friend swore that she 'saw something'...oooh) Spice cabinet, I COVET.
I couldn't stop staring at this balck-and-white photograph of some lovely girl from the past. Ghostly, but so so beautiful.
A ratha/chariot thing :)
Kitchen in Tamil Nadu House!! Nicely recreated...you can almost smell the imaginary dishes :)
A detail from the carved ratha...very intriguing lion/dragon-ish fellow whose likeness eluded the struggling artist. Must go back for closer look :)
And my favourite place...the Room of Dolls from the Karnataka (or was it Andhra?) House. Just a light-filled room full of handmade wooden dolls hanging from the ceiling in circles. Just hanging there. Oh well. I FELL IN LOVE :)
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