Types of Shadow Puppetry

Togalu Gombeyatta

  • State: Karnataka
  • Features
    • These puppets are mostly small in size.
    • The puppets however differ in size according to their social status

Tholu Bommalata

  • State: Andhra Pradesh
  • Features
    • The puppets are large in size and have jointed waist, shoulders, elbows and knees.
    • They are coloured on both sides.
    • Theme of the puppet plays are drawn from the Ramayana, Mahabharata and Puranas.

Ravanachhaya

  • State: Odisha
  • Features
    • The puppets are in one piece and have no joints.
    • They are not coloured
    • Apart from human and animal characters are presented
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