Unique Crafts

Warli Art:

• It is a famous art form from Maharashtra.
• These paintings are done with white colours on dark-coloured backgrounds.
• Different types of geometrical shapes, like circles and triangles, are used in these paintings.
• Activities like hunting, dancing, fishing and farming are portrayed in warli paintings.

Pattachitra Painting:

• This painting is tribal art from Odhisa and West Bengal.
• This painting is done on a canvas with lines and colours.
• Figures of Gods and Goddesses are depicted in pattachitra paintings.

• Madhubani art or Madhubani painting got its name from the Madhubani district in Bihar.
• This type of artwork is done by the painters of the Mithila region in Bihar and Nepal.
• Traditional Madhubani paintings are done on the mud walls of huts, cloth and paper.
• Different figures from mythology, epics, and religious books are painted on fabric, and the paints are prepared with colours and rice flour.

• Ghurni is a neighbourhood area in the Nadia district of West Bengal.
• This place is famous for clay dolls, sculptures, and bronze cast artisans.

• Ajrakh craft is a type of block printing that is done with colours.
• Mainly indigo colour is used in this block print.
• The intricate designs are made on the blocks, which are then used to print on cotton fabrics.