Merry making villagers-Warli Painting

his rare piece of Indian folk art, known as Warli Painting, presents an image of simple merry making villagers. Figures in their bare minimum details are scattered around the canvas in a loose rhythmical pattern. The image centres around a tribal drummer whose enchanting drumbeats move the whole of human and natural world. Both men and women are seen dancing, singing and drinking life to the lees. Mothers carrying crying babies, fathers dragging families, artisans at their daily work, women peddling their humble goods, snippets of such ordinary details of rural India are included.

Merged intrinsically with the social scenario is the natural world of birds and trees and animals. Together they make the tribal world complete. Simple geometric shapes in monochrome portray the entire gamut of this tribal Indian society.


Pranks of Krishna-Patachitra
This particular handmade Talapatachitra depicts the Rasalila (The Dance of Love) of Sri Krishna and his beloved Radha in the sacred garden of Vrindavan. The standard palette of colors (green, blue, yellow, red, black, white) has been used and the characteristic Patachitra style is evident in the extended noses, elongate eyes, and finely detailed clothes and jewelry. The typical iconographic details such as the blue-hued Krishna and the yellow-tanned Radha are also there in this Patachitra. Krishna, the God of Love, is dressed in yellow, the color of his beloved, while Radha wears green.

Two Gopis (cowherd maidens) carrying pitchers are also standing nearby. Krishna is seen holding a flute in his right hand. The music of the flute is the seductive charm that Krishna uses in mesmerizing his beloved. The vibrant colors and the postures of the figures aptly create a virtual aura of love and devotion associated with the legends of Radha-Krishna.