Folk Painting in India: Phad Painting and Cheriyal Scroll Paintings

Phad Painting

  • Location: Rajasthan
  • Theme: Historical figures like Goga Chauhan, Prithviraj Chauhan, Amar Singh Rathore and Teja Ji.
  • Characteristics
    • They are scroll paintings on long rectangular cloths.
    • They are painted with vegetable colours on a lengthy piece of cloth known as a phad and are either 15 feet or 30 feet long. 
    • Wide eyes and round features characterise the subjects.

Cheriyal Scroll Paintings

  • Location: Telangana
  • Theme: They are painted in a narrative style and primarily feature tales from Indian mythology, the Puranas, and the Epics.
  • Characteristics 
    • They are created with handwoven khadi cloth.
    • The painters create the colours they use from natural materials, and they make the brushes from squirrel hair attached to sticks.
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