Names of different traditional puppets of India

Puppets can be broadly classified into FOUR categories based on the mode of manipulation. These are marionettes, shadow puppets, Rod puppets, Glove puppets, Finger puppets and fist puppets.

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Glove

Orissa – Sakhi kundai

Kerala -- Pava Koothu/Pava kathakali

West Bengal – Bener putul Nach

Uttar Pradesh -- Gulabo Sitabo

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Rod

West Bengal – Putul Natch

Orissa -- Kattu Kundhei

Bihar -- yampuri

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String

Rajasthan -- Kath putli

Maharashtra -- Kala sutri bahuliya

Karnataka -- Gombeyatta

Andhra Pradesh -- Koyya Bommalaata / Chekka Bommalaata

Orissa – Gopalila Kundhei

West Bengal – Tarer putul Natch

Assam – Putala Natch

Tripura – Putul Natch

Manipur – Laithivi Jagoi

Kerala -- Nool pavakoothu/ pavakali

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Shadow

Maharashtra -- Chandyacha

Karnataka -- Togalu Gombeatta / Chekka Gombeatta

Kerala -- The pavakoothy

Tamil Nadu – Thol Bommalatam

Andhra Pradesh – Tholubommalaata

Orissa – Ravan Chhaya

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Composite forms

Behar – Chadar Badar

West Bengal -- Chadar Badar

Tamil Nadu – Bommalatam