Main features/highlights
- Each doll weighs 10-12 kgs
- Only one person can handle one doll at a time
- Sometimes a team of 10-15 people will be behind the screen at a time
- An art which has been around for over 4,500 years
- Rangaputhali puppeteers have managed to keep this alive for the last 4 generations
- Different parts of the doll are made of different wood keeping in mind durability, stability, weight, etc
- No enamel color is used. All colors are derived naturally
- Both thread and iron rods are used to play the dolls. Hence called sootra (thread) – salaake (metal rod) bombe aata
- Chinha mudra is a speciality of dolls by Rangaputhali puppeteers