page_title: Utsav Rock Garden
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caption_attribution_description: English: Utsav Rock Garden Entrance Gate and it is a symbol of world clock
context_page_description: Utsav Rock Garden is an Indoor and Outdoor Sculpture Museum located at Gotagodi, Shiggaon Taluk at Haveri district in Karnataka. It
  Utsav Rock Garden consists of live-sculptures depicting North Karnataka culture. Various Murals, all which are hand-crafted are arranged in prosaic manner.
  Village life of yesteryear North Karnataka is showcased at Utsav Art Garden. Along with Murals related to Agriculture, various Artisans of Villages like Weavers, Handicraft workers, Lambani Artists and such are placed at the Garden.
  There's a small lake, with Boat-Rides. Food Options include the local flavor of Jowar Roti and other Indian varieties.
  Utsav Rock Garden India is a sculptural garden near Gotagodi, Shiggaon Taluk, Haveri District, Karnataka, India. It features the contemporary art and rural culture of North Karnataka. It features more than a thousand sculptures, including the sculptural recreation of a typical art village depicting the labors of traditional craftsmen and artisans.
  It is a place blended with modern and contemporary art which portrays our old generation, their life style, culture, plays, professions, costume etc. "Utsav" the word itself defines the meaning festival.
context_section_description: Utsav Rock Garden is an Indoor and Outdoor Sculpture Museum located at Gotagodi, Shiggaon Taluk at Haveri district in Karnataka. It 
  Utsav Rock Garden consists of live-sculptures depicting North Karnataka culture. Various Murals, all which are hand-crafted are arranged in prosaic manner.
  
  Village life of yesteryear North Karnataka is showcased at Utsav Art Garden. Along with Murals related to Agriculture, various Artisans of Villages like Weavers, Handicraft workers, Lambani Artists and such are placed at the Garden.
  There's a small lake, with Boat-Rides. Food Options include the local flavor of Jowar Roti and other Indian varieties.
  Utsav Rock Garden India is a sculptural garden near Gotagodi, Shiggaon Taluk, Haveri District, Karnataka, India. It features the contemporary art and rural culture of North Karnataka. It features more than a thousand sculptures, including the sculptural recreation of a typical art village depicting the labors of traditional craftsmen and artisans. 
  It is a place blended with modern and contemporary art which portrays our old generation, their life style, culture, plays, professions, costume etc. "Utsav" the word itself defines the meaning festival. It is not only a leisure park but a hub of art, culture and education. It is the inimitable rock garden in the whole world. It has also got 8 prestigious awards.
  This is a garden with more than 1000 sculptures which seems to be real. This is a marvelous place where layman and intellectuals will enjoy the art in the same path.  At the entrance, you will see a mudded hill with beehive and wheels of time. Move the wheels of time away and walk inside to see our ancestors’ traditional and cultural life which was calm and healthy. You feel yourself as if you are in 1920s. As you enter the rock garden, Kannada veteran actor Dr. Rajkumar’s hit films’ sculptures will steal your heart.  Dr. Rajkumar’s unforgettable roles like Mayor  Muttanna, Bedar Kannappa, Sanadi Appanna, Satya Harischandra, Huliya Halina Mevu, Bahaddur Gandu, Akasmika, Santa tukarama, Raghavendra swamy are so beautifully designed that they look as if Dr. Rajkumar is sitting here in the garden itself.
  Cute small children with different poses will overwhelm our imagination portraying different suggestions to us. One child is seeing towards sky and praying the god, other child signifies the famous quote - see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil.  The tree with sprinkling water, a place is given for birds shows the policy of live and let live.
  There is an indoor modern art museum in the garden with a wide variety of art made from pearls, painted on glass.
  Marriage Hall is one of the excellent places of the garden. Indoor marriage hall seems to be a real marriage ceremony going on and people are busy in giving pose to the camera. The clicking sound of camera will add to the feeling of real marriage ambience. Look around; there are marriages rituals of all religions are photographed on all walls.  In model cow shed, different breeds of real size cows and buffaloes are brilliantly designed.
  Enter the pre independence era, see your ancestors, and watch their lifestyle, notice their working culture have fun in this beautiful asylum. This is artist created village which depicts our old generation. Sculptures of listening astrology, weighing grocery item, reading news paper, waving hand, combing hair are awesome. . This park will remember you your old generation people’s lifestyle.
  Gouda’s home is fabulous. Gouda sitting with an audacious style, a slave is standing near him as if he is obeying his orders; a dog sat near Gouda shows the vibes of real Gouda’s house. This is really a new thing to our siblings who carry an android phone with them always. They do not know all these traditions, customs, and cultures. Globalization attracted the rural youths towards metropolitans, thus the rural professions took a new look. Left are few which are under threat
  Other sculptures portrays old transport system, Buffalo fighting, old plays like Goli gunda, gilli danda will take you to your own creative and ima
caption: Utsav Rock Garden India
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