Bullock Cart Dolls in Dagguluru : పొట్టకూటి కోసం కూలి పనులకు వెళ్లిన ఆయన నేడు ఓ కుటీర పరిశ్రమకి యజమానిగా మారారు. దేశ, విదేశాలకు ఉత్పత్తులను ఎగుమతి చేసే స్థాయికి ఎదిగారు. గ్రామాల్లో క్రమేపీ కనుమరుగవుతున్న ఎద్దుల బండిని ప్రతి ఇంట్లో ఉండేలా తయారు చేస్తే ఎలా ఉంటుందన్న ఆలోచనే ఆయన జీవితాన్ని మలుపుతిప్పింది. ఇప్పుడు ఎడ్ల బండి బొమ్మల తయారీలో ఆయనది అందెవేసిన చేయి.
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00:00Vasa Kottayam is a village in Duggalur village, Palakollu mandalam, Paschim Godavari district.
00:18But due to lack of employment, they started going to work as labourers.
00:22But since childhood, they have been interested in making carriages.
00:26They thought it would be good to make carriages at home.
00:30First, they made a small car without carriages.
00:33As the car was beautiful and attractive, people around them competed to buy it.
00:39With this, they employed two more young men and increased the speed in car making.
00:49Kottayam, which started making carriages 8 years ago, did not look back after that.
00:56The small business that started in the beginning, has now become a big business.
01:01With the good respect and support from the people, the business has grown.
01:05In front of Duggalur panchayat, a shop is being set up next to the road.
01:10At present, when 20 people are working under Kottayam, most of them are labourers.
01:15Along with them, Kottayam is working with Divyangal.
01:19Until now, there were only carriages.
01:21Now, there are no carriages.
01:23We are maintaining the house.
01:25The quality of the house will be good.
01:27This is the number one quality.
01:29The quality will be good.
01:33I have already studied.
01:35I do not have any job.
01:37I do not have any job.
01:39I do not have any job.
01:41I do not have any job.
01:43We are doing a simple job.
01:45It is difficult to get a job for handcraft business.
01:48He has got us to work under his care.
01:51He has given us a good job.
01:53He has given us a job.
01:55There are people at the factory and he is driving a cart for 8 weeks.
02:00We should join that.
02:02We should find a job.
02:04He gave a job to 10 people.
02:06He takes good care of everyone.
02:08I am good with my mother in law.
02:10We are very happy to have Mr. Vasu Kottayam as our owner.
02:13He has been helping us since the beginning.
02:16He has been helping us since the beginning.
02:19We have been working with him since then.
02:22We have been working with him since then.
02:23Kottayam's Edalabandla dolls have a good demand in foreign countries along with Telugu states.
02:28From small dolls that are kept as decorative items at home
02:31to those kept as teapots in the hall, there are large sales.
02:35They take orders through the phones and make the dolls as the customers like them.
02:39Edalabandla dolls are made.
02:41It has been 8 years since I started making them.
02:44I used to work in a different place.
02:46When I was a kid, I used to look at these dolls and think
02:49why not make a vehicle out of them.
02:52So I made my own vehicle.
02:54When I made the vehicle, it was small and nice.
02:57Then I thought it would be nice to make it a little bigger.
03:02Like a teapot, I made it with a 4-foot bed and a 2-foot bed.
03:06When I saw it, I liked it.
03:09Everyone likes it.
03:11Everyone loves these dolls.
03:13If someone asks, we make them from small to big.
03:18We send them to Hyderabad, Vijayawada, and Vizag by bus.
03:22We contact them and send them carefully.
03:25Some people even ask America.
03:27We make an ASML video and send it to the people who go to America.
03:32At a young age, he started a business in his own village.