Explanation:

Sawantwadi City is famous for its arts and culture. Various traditional arts still thrive in the city. The city is well known for its wooden crafts, wooden toys, bamboo crafts, pottery art and Ganjifa cards. Chitari gali is a home for traditional wooden artisan. This art has been preserved and patronized by the Royal family under the aegis of Sawantwadi Lacquer ware Handicrafts, which manufactures handicrafts, ganjifa and typical Sawantwadi pattern of furniture painted in natural watercolor and coated with lacquer, so durable it almost lasts forever. The famous wooden toys are made from ‘Pangara’ tree. This tree is known for its lightness.