Kondapalli, a village in Andhra Pradesh, is renowned for its 400-year-old tradition of making wooden toys. These handcrafted ...

Artisans making Kondapalli toys are facing an uphill task of acquiring raw material, a softwood known as ‘Tella Poniki’, available only in Kondapalli reserve forest for making the toys ...

Kondapalli toys and Vengatagiri saris are seeing strong demand at ‘Stall-in-Mall’, being organised by National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD), say artisans.