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India
Country record in the Folkroom archive with 15 documented living traditions across 27 placed localities.
Places within
27ThrissurKeralaSeraikela & PuruliaThar DesertRajasthanRaghurajpurOdishaKanchipuramTamil NaduJitwarpurMadhubaniBiharTulu NaduCoastal KarnatakaAhmedabad & VadodaraGujaratBrahmaputra ValleyAssamKannur & KasaragodNorth MalabarUdaipur & JodhpurAlmora & PithoragarhUttarakhandRaghurajpur & PuriChannapatnaRamanagaraKarnataka
Classification
Place
Origin / Scope
country
Connected Rooms
15 Traditions
Bibliography
1 Source
Archival note & context
India holds 15 photographed and cited rooms in the current canonical shelf, including Kathakali, Chhau dance, Kalbelia, Gotipua.
Every geographic placement in Folkroom follows cited ethnographic, national-inventory, or UNESCO dossier provenance rather than editorial guesswork.
Practised here
15Kathakali
Thrissur, Kerala, India · Dance
Chhau dance
Seraikela & Purulia, India · Dance
Kalbelia
Thar Desert, Rajasthan, India · Dance
Gotipua
Raghurajpur, Odisha, India · Dance
Kanjeevaram Silk Weaving
Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu, India · Textile
Koodiyattam
Thrissur, Kerala, India · Craft
Madhubani Painting
Jitwarpur, Madhubani, Bihar, India · Painting
Bhuta Kola
Tulu Nadu, Coastal Karnataka, India · Food
Garba
Ahmedabad & Vadodara, Gujarat, India · Dance
Bihu dance
Brahmaputra Valley, Assam, India · Dance
Theyyam
Kannur & Kasaragod, North Malabar, India · Dance
Bhavai dance
Udaipur & Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India · Dance
Chholiya
Almora & Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand, India · Dance
Raghurajpur Pattachitra
Raghurajpur & Puri, Odisha, India · Painting
Channapatna Wood & Lac Turning
Channapatna, Ramanagara, Karnataka, India · Craft
Sources
1What’s on this page is sourced from the citation below.
| Source | Publisher | Licence |
|---|---|---|
| Natural Earth 1:50m Cultural Vectors & Wikidata Gazetteer — India | Natural Earth / Wikidata, 2025 | Public Domain / CC0 |