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Suraj Kund is a popular tourist location in Haryana.
Here one can experience the display of skills, by traditional
painters, metal workers, stone and wood carvers, tie
dye craftspersons, embroiders, lace makers, textiles
printers, carpet and loom weavers, producers of silk
fabrics, jewellers and sculptors- execute and display
their skills.
Some of the most delightful crafts collections of the
Mela are from all over the country. In wood and cane
come inlay work, rose wood carving, sandal wood from
Punjab and South India. Chiki wood craft of Kashmir
and some very fine cane craft come from West Bengal
and North Eastern States. Delcate sholapith and shital
patti work come from Assam and West Bengal. The phulkari
of Punjab,
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the Banjara and Banni embroidery of
Gujarat and Rajasthan, the Kantha traditions from West
Bengal and Tripura, lace and crochet from Goa, the Suzni
of Kashmir and Mirror encasing work along with the traditional
chikan work of Lucknow delight. Oxidized jewellery,
sea shell decorations and agate stone work delight as
also do delicate gold work and chunky silver jewellery.
Toys in wood and cane, ply and mud make the young thrill
with joy.
Some of the fine phad paintings of Rajasthan, the kalamkari
of Andhra and Karnataka, temple paintings of Orissa,
madhubani of Bihar, fascinate. In the metal section
tribal dhora work, classical south Indian metal work,
glittering brass ware, bell metal and iron craft delight
collectors.
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