Chekka Bommalata of Burugupeta Village, Telangana State-Wooden String Puppets of Buruguteta
Chekka Bommlata, also known as Koyya Bommlata, is a traditional form of wooden string puppetry that was performed at Kala Ashram in Adilabad, Telangana State, Bharata Desha. It was an incredible honour for Sphoorthi Theatre to organize this event. Great to see the octogenarians Mothe Ramaswamy and Mothe Yadagiri of Burugupeta village, Venkapuram Mandal, Bhupalpalli (Prof. Jayashankar) District, Warangal, Telangana State, India at Kala. They both live in Burugupeta village. String puppetry, also known as Chekka Bommlata or Koyya Bommlata, is a source of pride for the state of Telangana. There are currently two Mothe troupes that perform it; the first is from Ammapuram and is quite well known, and the other is from Burugupeta. Earlier today, I published a post titled "The Decline of Traditional Wooden Puppetry in Telangana in 2012," which goes into detail regarding the Mothe Troupe of Ammapuram. Both the Mothe Ammapuram troupe and the Mothe Burugupeta troupe are connected...