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GI tag Make a Thanjavur Thalaiyatti Bommai (Head-Nodding Doll)
Thanjavur Thalaiyatti Bommai (Dancing Dolls)
Learn the balancing secret behind Thanjavur's famous nodding dolls — a heavy clay base, a papier-mâché body and a loosely set head — then paint one of your own to take home.
GI tag Thanjavur Painting: Gesso, Gold Foil & Stones
Thanjavur Painting
Build a small Thanjavur panel the traditional way — raised gesso relief, 22-carat gold foil and set stones — in a painter's home studio in the old town.
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