Expo of board games in craft forms begins in Mysuru

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The eleventh variation of Ramsons Kreedaa Kaushalya has commenced successful Mysuru with galore absorbing crippled boards and play-counters created successful India’s divers trade forms.

This variation of the crippled expo volition spot the instauration of a caller contention game, Patra Gattam. The elemental azygous way crippled is played by 2 persons with 7 counters for each player, is simply a emblematic contention game. The well-known Lambani embroidery trade signifier has been utilized to make the cloth crippled boards with woody counters from Channapatna.

In the past, galore Indian cities associated with princely states produced good chess sets and boards made of uncommon materials similar ivory, ebony, sandalwood, rosewood, gold, and silver. Notable places associated with specified products were Vizianagaram, Surat, Murshidabad, Mysore, Travancore, etc. However, station Independence, these cities are nary longer centres of production. The absorption has shifted to smaller cities similar Saharanpur, Aligarh, Amritsar, and the fashionable tourer centres of Jaipur, Jodhpur, Agra, and Varanasi, wherever thirty-two-piece chess sets are manufactured successful a assortment of materials similar silver-teakwood, mahogany, brass, copper, and enamelled brass, Ramsons Kala Prathistana successful a property release.

The full scope of boardgames successful a assortment of trade forms similar silk weaving, silk embroidery, hand-woven fabric partition hangings, batik, kalamkari, inlay, chowkies, etc., diagnostic games specified arsenic Chaukabara, Adu Huli, Aligulimane, Chaduranga, Navakankari, Hasu Chiratay, Anay Kattu, Paramapada, Nau Keti Keta, Panchi, Pretwa, Pancha Keliya, Vimana, Daadu, Patra Gattam, Singam, Basavana Ata, Sixteen Sepoys, Dash Guti, Egara Guti, Shara Vyooha, Ashtapada, Taabla, Seetadevi Ata and galore much are connected display.

On this occasion, the revised variation titled ‘Indian Traditional Boardgames: A Guide to the Art of Play’ was released successful an enlarged mentation with 3 caller articles from games researchers. Dr. Souvik Mukherji, Associate Professor successful Cultural Studies, Centre for Studies successful Social Sciences, Kolkata, student and contributing exertion of Prekshaa Publications, Bengaluru, Arjun Bharadwaj, and Dr. Jacob Schmidt-Madsen, PhD scholar, Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, Germany, person contributed articles to the book, the merchandise added.

The expo was inaugurated connected Friday and is unfastened to visitors from April 4 to May 31 from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. astatine Ramsons Bombe Mane, Nazarbad Main Road. Call 9880111625 for details.

Published - April 04, 2026 07:48 p.m. IST

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