The city of Mysore in the state of Karnataka gives the evidence of its being rich in history through its various temples, palaces, museums and many other. To know the past and bring it before the present world, the Folklore Museum was established in the year 1968 in Mysore.
Being a museum, the Folklore Museum encompasses temple chariots, wooden images from Mekkekatte, religious objects, objects belonging to the Soliga tribe, lamps, ornamental wooden altar, costumes of Yakshagana plays, masks, boundary goddess, joint puppets, village deities, saw dust dolls, woodcarvings, cooking utensils, measures, churns and jewellery.
People will also feel great and interested to show the collections of metal ware, leather dolls, fold weapons, agriculture implements, pots, beads, baskets, weavings, puppets, folk musical instruments, textiles, objects of folk games and objects of children interest.
One may visit the museum between 10am to 5pm except Sunday and second Saturday.
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