Problems faced by the artisans
• Marketing their art work is a major problem faced by them.
• Replicas available in the market are much cheaper and people with little knowledge about the art cannot differentiate and land up buying those.
• The measures taken by the government are oriented towards the comfort of the tourists which adds to the revenue earnings.
• The NGO in the village works with a few fixed artisans and the profit is not shared with them
• Because of the NGO being in the village, the government and the fare holders directly contact them to participate in exhibitions and other fares and the artisans don’t get a chance to showcase their work.
• They only work with a few artisans in the village who work at very low wages with them. The profit is not shared with these artisans.
• The National awardees