Shilparamam Jathara

Shilparamam Jathara is an arts and crafts village and all so Sculpture park located in Madhurawada, Visakhapatnam, India. The village was conceived with an idea to create an environment for the preservation of traditional crafts. There are ethnic festivals round the year.

Shilparamam Jathara
General information
Type	Crafts village
Architectural style	Ethnic
Location	Madhurawada, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India
Opened	2009
Website
webwonders.in/shilparamamap/Shilparamam__Vishakapatnam.html

Shilparamam, a crafts village, started in the year 2009, is situated just about few kilometers from Visakhapatnam city. Sprawling over 28 acres (110,000 m²) of land in the Madhurawada, Shilparamam main motive is to showing traditional culture to the common people. That's the main reason the state government established this platform.[1]

Shilparamam is located in beautiful natural conditions area sculpted with woodwork, jewelry, clothes and local crafts of each region of the country. mostly they are rural artwork.

Main Attractions

art models at Shilparamam in Visakhapatnam

Stalls

There are 36 stalls. Each stall provide variety of traditional produce.[2]

Jogging Track

A jogging track also available and it is useful for morning walkers because it has a lush green environment.[3]

Bird Enclosure

One of the major attractions is the Bird Enclosure with different type of birds, including Indian and international birds.

Amphitheatre

Amphitheater has a total capacity of 1000 members. There are so many cultural activities conducted here.[4]

Sculpture Park

Sculpture Park is one of the main attraction with artists' handmade sculpture.

Night Bazaar

A recently started night bazaar allows visitors to shop for food and entertainment.[5]

Photo gallery

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  Replica of a tree
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  Pond at Shilparamam Jaatara
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  Resting hut at Shilparamam Jaatara
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  Statue of a dancer
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  A replica of Alluri Sitarama Raju
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  Welcome Sign at Shilparamam
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  A well and Replicas of village
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  Cemented relief of an Asian elephant.

References

1. "Shilparamam :: Vishakapatnam". webwonders.in. Retrieved 6 September 2017.
2. "Crafts Bazaar: Shoppers' stop for handcrafted ware". The Hindu. Retrieved 6 September 2017.
3. "Andhra govt to develop Visakhapatnam district as tourism hub". Livemint. Retrieved 6 September 2017.
4. "visakha utsav: ‘Promote Andhra culture at Visakha Utsav’ | Visakhapatnam News". Times of India. Retrieved 6 September 2017.
5. "Night bazaar to come up at Shilparamam". The Hindu. Retrieved 6 September 2017.

External links

• "Shilparamam :: Vishakapatnam". webwonders.in. Retrieved 6 September 2017.