City of toys.
Channapatna toys Channapattana is a city and taluk headquarter in Ramanagara District, Karnataka, India and situated at a distance of about 60kms from Bangalore is noted for its famous handmade lacquer wooden toys all over the world and hence popularly known as “Gombegala Ooru” or the “Toy-City” of Karnataka. Channapatna toys: wooden toys and dolls that are manufactured in the town of Channapatna ( 12.87 Sq.K.M) [1] in the Ramanagara district of Karnataka state, India . This traditional craft is protected as a geographical indication (GI) under the World Trade Organization, administered by the Government of Karnataka. [2] As a result of the popularity of these toys, Channapatna is known as Gombegala Ooru (toy-town) of Karnataka. [3] Traditionally, the work involved lacquering the wood of the Wrightia tinctoria tree, [4] colloquially called Aale mara (ivory-wood). [5] An assortme