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The beautiful country of Switzerland beckoned Mr.Rao for four consecutive years where he let his creations rule his puppet making.With a successful collaboration with Jean Bindschedler from the the Swiss Puppet museum Mr.Rao built a multipurpose puppet theatre there. In consecutive years he made giant puppets around 12 feet high for the museums 25th year anniversary.
Ranganatha Rao has always been the pioneer in any experiments related to puppetry. In 1994 he spent considerable time with Dr.Nage Gowda at his folkland Janapada Loka discussing various methods of popularising the rich heritage of Karnataka as well as promote puppetry at the Janapada loka. Dr. Nage Gowda was gracious to provide an opportunity to setup a permanent Puppet theatre at the Janapada Loka. That brought creativity at its best when Rao devised a structure that is suited for all forms of puppet shows (rod/string puppets,glove puppets,leather puppets). Rao also manufactured different masks through Janapada Loka to uphold the folk tradition that Karnataka possesses.The time spent at the Janapada Loka was invaluable in terms of generating new and various ideas of making puppets that can be cost effective/eco-friendly and quick to manufacture.