SECRET ADDRESS BOOK - Tusker Katha

A lovely quintessentially Benguluru villa has been re-modelled with plenty of arches and an open-plan layout, to showcase handmade furniture by Tusker Katha.

- VARUNI MOHAN

As you step into this beautiful space that’s housed under a large Raintree, you are welcomed into a well-styled gallery of chic furniture with a traditionalist vibe. Co-founded in 2018, by husband-wife team of Nikhil Haridas and Gayathri Padmam, Tusker Katha is the natural off-shoot of Gayatri’s interior design practice Aanai Design Studio. A search for original, well-made furniture with an over-arching Indian aesthetic, led to Gayathri and her team to explore furniture design and crafting. After many prototypes and experiments with techniques and materials, Tusker Katha now offers heirloom quality furniture with an Indian vibe expressed in a co