Janapada Loka

Janapada Loka
Formation12 March 1994; 30 years ago (1994-03-12)
FounderH. L. Nage Gowda
TypeNGO
Legal statusFoundation
PurposeFolk Art & Traditions
Location
Coordinates12°42′5″N 77°15′4″E / 12.70139°N 77.25111°E / 12.70139; 77.25111
Region served
Karnataka
Chairman
Prof H C Ramachandra Gowda
Managing trustee
Mr Aditya Nanjaraj
Secretary
N A
Parent organization
Karnataka Janapada Parishat
Websitewww.janapadaloka.in
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Janapada Loka (lit. 'Folklore world or Folk-culture World'), is a folk museum that has an exclusive display of the village folk arts of Karnataka. It is under the aegis of the Karnataka Janapada Parishat.[1][2][3] Loka Mahal, a wing in the museum has a display of 5,000 folk artifacts.[4] It is situated in Ramanagara, Ramanagara district in the Indian state of Karnataka, on the Bangalore-Mysore highway, 53 kilometres (33 mi) to the south of Bangalore.[5][6]

H. L. Nagegowda, an Indian civil servant and folklorist, thought of creating a museum to exhibit the varied folk art and culture of Karnataka. Accordingly Karnataka Janapada Parishat (Janapada Academy) was first established on 21 March 1979. Gowda and his friends continued collecting antiques for this institution for the next three decades. The current museum land in Bangalore-Mysore highway was bought on 12 March 1994.

Janapada Loka is divided into separate wings — Folk arts museum, Loka Mahal, Chitra Kuteera, Doddamane, Shilamala, Arghyamala etc. The museum has a collection of 5,000 folk artefacts.

  1. ^ "Karnataka Janapada Parishat". Karnataka Janapada Parishat. Retrieved 25 October 2012.
  2. ^ Shariff, Azmathulla. "Janapada Loka" (pdf). Prologue For the Culture –Update November 2004Collecting Impressions : Janapada Loka present to us the impressions of our rich past. Central Secretariat Library.
  3. ^ The India Travel Planner. Cross Section Publications (P) Limited. 2008. p. 143.
  4. ^ "Janapada Loka". National Informatics Centre.
  5. ^ South India. Rough Guides. 2003. pp. 215–. ISBN 978-1-84353-103-6.
  6. ^ "Janapada Loka Folk Arts Museum". Lonely Planet.