Kathputli Colony
in New Delhi, IndiaCategory: Attraction
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Kirti Nagar, Karampura Flyover, Block 1, Kirti Nagar Industrial Area, Kirti Nagar, New Delhi, Delhi 110015, India Print route »
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Kathputli Colony is a colony of street performers in Shadipur Depot area of Delhi. For the last 50 years, it is home to some 2,800 families of magicians, snake charmers, acrobats, singers, dancers, actors, traditional healers and musicians and especially puppeteers or kathputli-performers from Rajasthan. This makes it world’s largest community of street performers.The colony is undergoing an in situ redevelopment plan by Delhi Development Authority (DDA) of Government of Delhi.
