Page 11 - Jul-Sep 2014

VOL. 11 No. 3

Paitkar Painting
KALAMEZHUtHU FroM KErALA
The Paitkar painting of
This is a uniques art form of Kerala. it is a ritualistic art Jharkhand is a unique style
which is practised in temples and sacred groves. it is of painting. They are a mirror
made on the floor. it is made by using natural pigments of tribal life of Jharkhand. it is
and powders. Originally
only five colours made on walls of houses, and
were used to make most commonly depict life
the design. Once the after death.
kalam is completed Riya Kumari, V, Bridgeford School,
songs are sung to Ranchi Illustration by: Anuraag Parashar,
worship the deity. Motilal Nehru Public School,
Jamshedpur

Phad Painting thapa Art

Phad painting is one of Thapa is a traditional art form of rajasthan, mainly
the most popular folk drawn by women with the help of kumkum, henna,
forms of rajasthan. it is ghee, and cow dung. it is religious and ceremonial in
an endangered art. Very
few families practice nature and various images of gods and goddesses are
it. it is painted in the drawn during festivals.
form of a scroll which Illustration by: Shefali Singh, IX B, B.V.B. Yessica Tuteja, VI A, Delhi Public School, Sec 45, Gurgaon
Vidyashram, Pratap Nagar, Jaipur
is carried by the bhopas who
readed as a story.
Phad painting is a popular style of folk painting from
rajasthan. it is made on a long scroll of cloth known as phad.
The two important themes are Pabuji (15 feet long) and sanjhi Art
Devnarayan (30 feet long). Phad is on of the most famous Sanjhi art is the depiction of mother goddess made
folk painting forms of india. These paintings are narrative in in haryana. To make the image of sanjhi malleable
nature. The painting is divided into different segments and mud is moulded into various shapes. These images of
depict different activities. sanjhi depict Durga, uma and Katyayani.
Anirudh Singh Rathore, VII A, Ajit Vidya Mandir Shikshan Sansthan, Kunal Aggarwal, VIII F, P.K.R. Jain Sr. Sec. Public School, Ambala
Sirohi; Siddharth Rana, IX A, Scholars Home, Dehradun City

Phad paintings are created
with vivid colours in order
to illustrate several heroic
episodes of rajasthan. Amla Painting
The colours used are so
prominent that they boost amla is a folk painting exclusive to the Chaturvedi
the illustrative depictions. community. it is made on the occasion of a son’s marriage.
it was known as ramalay earlier which means the ‘abode
Saher Hayat, IX B, Navy Children
School, New Delhi of goddess lakshmi.’ The main purpose of these paintings
is to worship Vishnu and lakshmi.
Illustration by: Nikhita, IX E, Devansh Chaturvedi, VI C, Suditi Global Academy, Etawah
Delhi Public School, Sushant Lok,
Gurgaon

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