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Sargaalaya Kerala Arts & Crafts Village

Sargaalaya is a 20-acre arts and crafts village in Iringal, in Koyilandy, Kerala, India. It was established at a cost of around 15 crores on 19 February 2011 by The Kerala Tourism Department. It was inaugurated by the then Home and Tourism Minister, Mr Kodiyeri Balakrishnan and the Uralungal Labour Contract Cooperative Society received the contract to manage the crafts village for a period of ten years. The Kerala State Tourism award function is also held at the crafts village. Sargaalaya has over 60 stalls selling various ethnic crafts and it also houses The Crafts Design and Technology development centre, which provides training for craftsmen to learn new techniques in traditional handicrafts.