Kreedaa Kaushalya, an exhibition of traditional games, organised by Ramsons Kala Pratishtana (RKP), got off to a start at the Handicrafts Sales Emporium, at Ramsons near Mysuru zoo on Thursday.
Members of the erstwhile Mysuru ‘royal’ family Indrakshi Devi and R. Raja Chandra inaugurated the expo. Director of Oriental Research Institute, University of Mysore, H.P. Devaki was the chief guest. The exhibition will be open from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., including weekends, and will conclude on May 14.
A printed set of rules, easy to comprehend is given with each board game, that can be purchased at the expo. Kreeda Kaushalya’s board games, set of pawns, boards and dice have been designed by Ramsons Kala Pratishtana’s resident curator and graphic designer H.S. Dharmendra.
“Kreeda Kaushalya is the celebration of a heritage that encompasses rural and urban societies with ease. The Kreeda Kaushalya Research team of Raghu Dharmendra and Dr. Dilip Kumar (a medical professional) led by R.G. Singh have made field forays across the country collecting board games memorabilia, documenting popular games, and finally brought out a well-documented and illustrated monograph on traditional board games,” stated a release.
This book was released at the 19th International Board Game Studies Colloquium that was held at Nuremberg, Germany in 2016. The monograph is available for sale for a special price at the venue, the release added.
