India has a long tradition of rod puppets and its impact had spread far and wide. According to Bill Baird in his book The Art of the Puppet, "Bengal had created a rod puppet style which I believe moved eastward with Hinduism and became the Wayang Golek (Java), performed with three-dimensional wooden figures that are manipulated with rods". Rod puppets are, however, seen in India only in the States of West Bengal, Orissa and Jharkhand.