{"product_id":"hanuman-tholu-bommalata-leather-puppet","title":"Hanuman in the Lankadhahana | Tholu Bommalata Leather Puppet","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eRavana thought fire was a punishment. Hanuman made it a weapon. This is the moment the Ramayana turns - the monkey who came to Lanka in peace, set ablaze in contempt, and chose to burn the whole island down.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eA Tholu Bommalata leather puppet in the Lankadhahana form of Hanuman, hand-cut and hand-painted by artisans in Andhra Pradesh. The pose shown here was composed by hand from the puppet’s multiple articulations, each position set and fixed for display. No two installations of this puppet are identical. Backlit in the Handmade Tales frame, the deep crimson hide glows like the fire it carries.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Pose and What It Carries\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eIn the Lankadhahana form, Hanuman’s arms are raised - one hand open, the force that cannot be contained. The tail behind him also burns. He is not holding fire. He is fire. The pose is the iconographic signature of this specific episode: weight forward, body dynamic, the whole figure mid-action rather than mid-stance. This is not Hanuman at rest or in devotion. This is Hanuman at the moment the Ramayana pivots.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p3\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eThis is one of the tradition’s most technically demanding puppet forms to render: multiple hides joined, each limb articulated independently, the whole figure balanced so the puppeteer can move any part with precision. A Tholu Bommalata Hanuman puppet typically has four separate versions for different situations in the story - this is the Lankadhahana form, used for the climax of the Lanka sequence.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Handmade Tales","offers":[{"title":"Framed with Lighting","offer_id":47708484239534,"sku":null,"price":300.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Puppet Only","offer_id":47708484272302,"sku":null,"price":120.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0549\/6625\/5790\/files\/DSC_6003.jpg?v=1775549093","url":"https:\/\/shophandmadetales.com\/products\/hanuman-tholu-bommalata-leather-puppet","provider":"The Handmade Tales","version":"1.0","type":"link"}