Folk Paintings

Folk Painting Place Theme Depicted on Key Features Remark

Religious Motifs On walls 2 D painting (No shading) Got GI Tag

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(M ban Krishna, Rama base of cow dung and mud Geometric Shapes than anatomy by women

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Madhubani(Bihar)

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Durga, Lakshmi Rice Paste Symobolic fish for good luck Depicting Birth, Marriag, Festivels
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Shiva Vegetable Colour

GI tag of Odisha and West Bengal
base of canvas(cloth) Mix of classical and folk elements
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Jagannath & Natural Colours

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Vaishnav Cult Brush is used, no charcoal pencil

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Human Shapes are geometrical and stick

Wall Mural Painting Similar to Warli Paintings
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Saura Tribe, Odisha Ritualistic female clothing

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Mostly in white also called as italons and ikons, dedicated

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to Idital, main deity of saura

Backdrop of red or yellow

On walls Using geometrical figures like triangle,

Similar to mural of Bhimbhetka
circle & square
Warli Tribe, Gujarat- Base of mud, dung, branches
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MH Border only white pigment made upof gum & Center motif of Chaukat/Chawk
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rice powder

Depiction of animals, mainly Horses

On walls of houses To bring peace & prosperity
Tribal, Gujarat Religious and On special family occassions as a ritual
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& Madhya Pradesh Spritual Purpose

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Snake motif - "Snake Painting" Angika Art - ang refers to Mahajanpada

On boxes of Jute and Paper
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Bhagalpur, Bihar
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Base of cotton waves(white BG) Life of Buddha from birth to death Colours in paintings have their own
Ladakh, Himachal Buddha's beliefs of life and death (Wheel significance. E.g.- Red for intensity of passion
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Natural Dyes or mineral dye

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Pradesh, Sikkim, Bhuddhism of life)

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Arunachal Pradesh
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Offerings to the deities or meditation

Cotton Fabric
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Andhra Pradesh Hindu Mythology Vegetable colours

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Pen (Kalam) - sharp pointed bamboo

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On mill paper Some belives that it is influenced by British

Earlier religious, sentiments
Water colours
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Now Reflects
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Calcutta
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changing urban Using Brush made of calf squirrel hair

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society of Calcutta
 Phad - long piece of cloth, 15-30 ft Subject have large eyes & round face Scroll type Art
Religious, drawings
Rajasthan pompous and joyful narartive and scenes

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Pabuj, Devnarayan of procession are common

The scrolls are depicted as a continuous Artists use scroll paintings to narrate Type of Nakkashi art
story like comics or ballad by the stories with music

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Hindu Epics & GI tag in 2007

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Plitical & Social on Pats/Scrolls/Patuas

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What happens to Associated with popular goddess Ma Ancient School of Painting

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Tribal, Jharkhand human life after Mansa

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death