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Craft & Tradition · Karnataka
Beads and small ornaments carved from local stone around Hampi, echoing the site's Vijayanagara-era craft traditions.
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Hampi's stone-bead craft echoes the site's Vijayanagara-era legacy as a major bead and gem trading centre, when local and imported stones were worked into jewellery for the empire's elite.
Artisans shape and polish local stone into beads and small ornaments using hand-operated grinding tools, a craft that has continued in a smaller form around the historic ruins.
Beads and small ornaments carved from local stone around Hampi, echoing the site's Vijayanagara-era craft traditions.
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