Traditional Board Games of India: Inauguration of Kreedaa Kaushalya Exhibition

Tuesday, May 20, 2008

Inauguration of Kreedaa Kaushalya Exhibition

The ten day exhibition of Kreedaa Kaushalya was inaugurated by linguist Prof. Lingadevaru Halemane on Friday 16 May 2008 at 6 pm at Pratima Gallery, in front of Zoo, Mysuru, in the presence of Prof. R. Vasantha of Anantapur, journalist Krishna Vattam and Ramsons Kala Pratishtana's Chairman D. Ram Singh.

L-R: Krishna Vattam, Lingadevaru Halemane, R. Vasantha and D. Ram Singh

The exhibition features about 20 different games which have been crafted using traditional craft techniques from different parts of India. Game boards, pawns and dice in cloth, metal, wood, bone, stone and terracotta are on display.

Following are a few glimpses of this exhibition...

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Paintings and oleographs by fifteen artists adorn the walls.

There is a game parlour for children to learn and play these games.

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Welcome

Dear reader, welcome, we are glad to have you here. As the text in the banner says, this blog is a window into the world of traditional board games of India. We are a team of three - R.G. Singh, Raghu Dharmendra and Dr. Dileep K.C.R. Gowda - who go around and visit towns, villages, temples, etc., and gather information on board games in our own way and document them.

This blog contains some titbits, stories, game rules, etc., which we found, encountered and experienced during our field trips. Please feel free to comment. We would be glad to answer any of your queries or doubts. If there are any mistakes please bring it to our knowledge. Thank you. Enjoy reading.

Note:
All board games featured here are available at 'Ramsons' the largest handicraft shop of Mysuru. The shop is right in front of Zoo (Chamarajendra Zoological Gardens) a famous tourist destination in Mysuru.

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Appeal

An appeal from Ramsons Kala Pratishtana to all Indian board game lovers.

We would be glad to receive for our Indian Board Game Archive any information about any games from anyone. Local names of the games, customs, traditions, victory rituals, victory songs, local rules, variation of rules, unusual experiences, photographs, anything.

Also, we are trying to put together as full a collection as possible of specimens of these games, to be preserved, for good, for the future together with rules and other information, since many old games are threatened with possible extinction due to computer games, video games and the generally changing world.

Finally, if you have old games, boards, dice, pieces that you don't want any more or that are never used any more, you can donate such material to our art foundation where they will be conserved and preserved for posterity.