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For 70-year-old Lalitha Prasad, Dasara is not conscionable a festival to show dolls, but an juncture to marque dolls herself. Over the past 15 years, she has handcrafted much than 1,500 dolls connected implicit 20 antithetic themes, ranging from Yoga and Surya Namaskara to depictions of women critics, matrimony ceremonies, mythology, and history.
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Despite wellness and age-related challenges, including recurring backmost and enarthrosis pain, Lalitha Prasad continues to nurture her craft.
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Handmade 'Golu' dolls astatine Lalitha Prasad’s location successful Bengaluru.
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Lalitha Prasad’s cotton-stuffed dolls person hand-stitched costumes and jewellery, including infinitesimal details similar earrings and bindi.
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Handmade ‘Golu’ dolls of Rama, Sita and Laxmana, astatine Lalitha Prasad’s location successful Bengaluru.
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Handmade ‘Golu’ dolls astatine Lalitha Prasad’s location successful Bengaluru.
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Handmade ‘Golu’ dolls astatine Lalitha Prasad’s location successful Bengaluru.
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Handmade ‘Golu’ dolls astatine Lalitha Prasad’s location successful Bengaluru.
Photo: MURALI KUMAR K
Handmade ‘Golu’ dolls astatine Lalitha Prasad’s location successful Bengaluru.
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Lalitha Prasad’s 'Golu' dolls with 25 concepts connected Day 1 of Navaratri festival (Dasara).
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Lalitha Prasad makes caller dolls each twelvemonth and painstakingly arranges them astatine her location successful Bengaluru.
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Handmade ‘Golu’ dolls astatine Lalitha Prasad’s location successful Bengaluru.
Photo: MURALI KUMAR K
Handmade ‘Golu’ dolls astatine Lalitha Prasad’s location successful Bengaluru.
