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Channapatna is a city in Ramanagara District, Karnataka, India and is noted for its famous handmade lacquer wooden toys all over the world. It's popularly known as "Gombegala Ooru" or the "Toy City" of Karnataka.

The origin of the wooden toys dates back to the period of Tipu Sultan, the ruler of Mysore who was a great admirer of wooden toys. He took the initiative to invite artisans from Persia and train the local artists to learn the process of making wooden toys. The artisans still follow the traditional method of making the toys for nearly two centuries. They are only using ivory wood for making the toys and very rarely rosewood and sandalwood are used. But slowly the artisans have also started to use other woods like teak, pine, rubber and cedar wood.

Manufacturing stages include procuring the wood, seasoning the wood, cutting the wood into the desired shapes, pruning and carving the toys, applying the colours and finally polishing the finished product. Vegetable dyes are used in the colouring process to ensure that the toys and dolls are safe for use by children. More than 6,000 people in Channapatna, working in 254 home manufacturing units and 50 small factories, were engaged in the making of these toys.