Eco-friendly toys-mounted Andhra Pradesh tableau earned accolades from the audience when it rolled down the Kartavya Path here on Sunday during the 76th Republic Day parade. Known as Etikoppaka ...

In any craft exhibition, one of the attractive items are the brightly coloured wooden toys, vivid in their reds, greens and yellows. They are the hand-carved Kondapalli toys known as Kondapalli ...

At the 76th Republic Day Parade on Kartavya Path in New Delhi, Andhra Pradesh’s tableau captured the essence of one of the state’s most cherished traditions: the Etikoppaka Wooden Toys. The tableau, ...

New Delhi: Eco-friendly toys-mounted Andhra Pradesh tableau earned accolades from the audience when it rolled down the Kartavya Path here on Sunday during the 76th Republic Day parade.Known as ...

Kondapalli, near Vijayawada, is famous for the ‘bommalu’ or toys. These are made from locally available wood- ‘tella punigi’. “The wood is first carved then the edges are turned for smooth finishing ...

GUNTUR: Andhra Pradesh is set to showcase the 400-year-old legacy of Etikoppaka Bommalu, the eco-friendly wooden toys, through a tableau that will roll along Kartavya Path during the Republic Day ...

HYDERABAD: A family in Ashoknagar has put up a collection of toy idols, some of whom are over 100 years old – the oldest going back to more than 150 years. The rare Bommalu Koluvu is part of the ...

VISAKHAPATNAM: In a quiet neighbourhood of Vizag, inside a modest home, rows of dolls are arranged with care and devotion. They represent gods, goddesses, mythological stories, village life, musicians ...