Shilparamam

On a Shopping spree

This is one place that i visit often with my mom and aunt, sometimes to shop sometimes to just wander around, more like a window shopping.

I was 11 when i first visited this place and i've never been bored coming here so often, the place has tranformed to its best everytime i visited.

One of the stalls 

Shri Annamacharya's statue near the auditorium

Auditorium

Shilparamam is an absolute village of arts and crafts, on one side you have a rural museum and then on the other side it has hundreds of stalls by various artisans from all over India.

You will find many such statues resembling the rural side of Andhra Pradesh as you take a walk into this place

So our first stall happened to be a Jewellery store with  Beautiful Vibrant and Bold neck lines...

And if you love bangles...

Bangles in Black Metal, will make quite a statement..

Bright and colorful bangles for a funky look ..

Hand Bags, Clutches, Jholas,..

Bright and colorful rings made of glass...

 Pottery and TerraCota

From Beautiful vases to coffee mugs, Indian Pickle jars to cute little piggy banks.. they have quite a collection of all ceramics and earthenware.

Vases and Pickle Jars

Set of 5 tea cups on a tray in a vibrant solitaire blue hue..

Earthenware 

Ceramic Piggy Bank.. aint they cute?

And as you take a walk inside this place, you will come across some magnificent wooden carvings, 

Wooden door for sale

Glass lanterns in various colors look so fascinating, capture them or get them home they sure bring a pleasant feeling as u look..

Could'nt stop myself from clicking these little lanterns

 I have seen marble Taj Mahal's for sale in many places apart from the ones we get in agra, but then i was surprised to see marble Charminar..

Marble Charminar

Indian miniature paintings..

 Pattachitra
A traditional scroll painting originating from odisha.
They resemble old religious murals from odisha especially Puri, they use natural colors and most of them are painted on palm leaves.

Lord Krishna's pattachithra

In pattachithra, every painting tells a story from hindu mythology either a part or the complete story,  the above painting is about Lord Vishu's Dassavthara ..

Hand painted bottles..

a small wooden carved temple of Lord Puri Jagganath

The list goes on of various artiasans, Madhubani paintings, Kashmir's Paper mache craft, Kondapalli Bommalu, tanjavur and many more,..

Madhubani Paintings

Kashmir's Paper mache craft , which include exquisite jewellery boxes, Christmas ornaments and coasters..

Could'nt take my eyes off these blue crafted elephants

 Paper mache crafted elephants.. 

Lakka Bomnmalu and Kondapalli Bommalu, Toys for the new borns and also for  little corners at your space

 A nice wooden carved name plate for your home, bedroom or even your workspace, you name it and he does it right before you,..

Its all in a name

some interesting faces for the walls..

Oh yes and i did shop a little :)

 Best time to Visit :  December and a week before Indian festivals.
Best Buy : Junk jewellery and Art pieces for your space
 This is just a part of Shilparamam, a lot more to come yet..

Comic Con Express Hyderabad

The Travelling Version of the Indian Comic Con

Comic book/graphic novel/Animated Series/Movie/Manga/Anime/
Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Gaming and Cosplay (Costume Contest) of your favorite characters under one roof.

This is one event i've been waiting to happen here in my city and finally here it is,
Workshops, merchandise, Contests and so many illustrations by various artists to inspire me.
I guess this is the coolest event i have ever attended in my city.

You would'nt want to miss these Cool Tees

The idea is to bring the community together to explore the really diverse realm to support and boost the comics industry by local interaction and participation.

Post cards and posters of superheroes and some famous sitcom's

The superheroes are here

Busy Clicking their favorite characters

So much to shop that you could personalise your bedroom with your favorite character's toys, pillow covers, mugs, t-shirts, illustrations and badges..

Paintings, Pillow covers, Mugs, Mousepads

some more toys and badges..

This guy was happily posing and sketching these famous characters all day long from his phone.. i could'nt get to talk to him much as the place was crowded, 

It was like the whole city moved in here to enjoy the city's first comic con event...

A young artist happily posing with his work

People were dressed in their favorite characters and were seen posing with the fans, taking pictures

Joker in making

Zombie 

Pretty girls, one of them dressed as hermoine granger from the famous harry potter series

Graphicurry an Art store from Bengaluru had some amazing digital illustrations, they specialize in hand-drawn digital caricatures.Their art has found its own niche in both buyers and the growing digital era.

Few of their works at a very reasonable price.

Badges, Colorful wallets, Multicolor art pencils..

 " Mario de Mirinda " 

As i walked through the crowd along with my friends, this is the only store that made me wanna get back to and grab as many as i can, unfortunately i was already broke and could buy only one single book from this store.. i was totally in love with his illustrations on travel, especially Mario's Bombay and Goa..

Books and framed illustrations of mario

A few Prints from Mario's collection

One of his paintings on sale

Inspired and happy 

What a day it was... 

My wish was granted.