Pilikula Artisans Village — Attraction in Karnataka

It is located around 3 km from Pilikula nisargadhama Main entrance. People with own vehicle can reach right to the village. Those who love walking through forest like environment may prefer to walk through the wilderness. The guard posted at the entry point of artisan village will check your ticket and let you in. The different houses at the village depicts traditional ways by which artisan does carpentry, smithy, pottery, oil extraction, handloom etc.There is a large pond nearby the village and a landlord's house or gothumanai. Very good place to visit children to gather knowledge about ancient methods by which artisan developed...

This is an effort to give a peek into the skills of various craftsmen ship & create employment opportunities by a joint program with Pilikula Society to Train artisans. The program apparently trained 1300 artisans has ended now under the grants of central govt. There are 3-4 workshops demonstrating skills

The resident artisans demonstrate Pottery , Oil Extraction , Black Smith , Wood , Stone Carving , Handloom Weaving , Avallaki making.

The products are marketed by the society at various stores in Pilikula , Mangaluru .

Entrance fee is applicable.

This surely is worth...

The experience is really unique here.It hosts various conventional methods like Handlooming,Breaking rice using Bore pump like instrument and preparing pot.I'm particularly impressed with pot making.You need to purchase an extra 20 rs ticket person to learn this" technique."It is almost 1 km from the biological park.It's wise to bring a personal vehicle if you have elder persons with you.I advise you to explore this village on foot so that you can see the surrounding forest area which harbors trees/shrubs of Medicinal importance.You are supposed to carry your own water...