Revisiting Delhi’s Kathputli Colony on World Puppetry Day

A regular puppet pictured after a show at Kathputli Colony, a ghetto of traditional puppeteers. (Saumya Khandelwal/HT PHOTO)

Updated on: Mar 21, 2017 6:08 PM IST

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A regular puppet pictured after a show at Kathputli Colony, a ghetto of traditional puppeteers. (Saumya Khandelwal/HT PHOTO)

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A group of puppeteers perform at Kathputli Colony. This colony is famous for being home to the country’s largest agglomeration of street performers. (Saumya Khandelwal/HT PHOTO)

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Most of the puppeteers of Kathputli Colony are originally from Jodhpur, Jaipur, Choru and other places of Rajasthan. (Saumya Khandelwal/HT PHOTO)

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They migrated to Delhi over 100 years ago and gradually became a part of Delhi. Raj Bhatt, a local puppeteer plays drums at Kathputli Colony as his crew present a show. (Saumya Khandelwal/HT PHOTO)

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Puppeteers of Kathputli colony gather to perform inside a house at Shadipur, New Delhi. (Saumya Khandelwal/HT PHOTO)

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A woman seen inside her house at Kathputli colony. Women here still wear Rajasthani attire keeping the traditions alive. (Saumya Khandelwal/HT PHOTO)

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The Locals of Kathputli Colony pictured during their normal day. According to an initial survey, a total of 2,800 families had to be shifted out of which over 1,150 families have already shifted to a transit camp in Anand Parbat. (Saumya Khandelwal/HT PHOTO)

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Children walk through the lanes of Kathputli Colony, which occupies 5.2- acre of land. It was the first slum in the city to be taken up for in-situ redevelopment on a public-private partnership model in 2009. (Saumya Khandelwal/HT PHOTO)

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Children watch a show inside a house at Kathputli colony.Youngsters are inducted into this form of art at an early stage. (Saumya Khandelwal/HT PHOTO)

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Vicky Bhatt (in grey shirt), a local puppeteer from Kathputli Colony helps his friend in wearing a puppet at Kathputli Colony. (Saumya Khandelwal/HT PHOTO)

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Artists show newly made puppets at Transit camp in Anand Parvat, an ultra modern complex with all modern facilities, provided by the government. (Raj K Raj/HT PHOTO)

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While some puppeteers of Kathputli Colony are against the government’s decision to displace hem, others are happy to move at the Transit Camp. (Raj K Raj/HT PHOTO)

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A rod puppet lies on the floor of a house in Kathputli Colony. (Saumya Khandelwal/HT PHOTO)