A Cheriyal scroll painting from Telangana was among the gifts that first ladies or spouses of heads of state from around the world, who gathered for the G20 Summit, received during their visit to the Indian Agricultural Research (IARI) at Pusa campus.
Key points
- Cheriyal Scroll Painting is a popular and modified version of Nakashi art, considered highly rich in the local motifs. Cheriyal scrolls have geographical indication (GI) status.
- The name Cheriyal painting is derived from the Cheriyal village, which is located about 90 km from Hyderabad, in the Warangal district of Telangana.
- Cheriyal paintings essentially consists of scrolls that depict stories from the epics, puranas, and folktales, and was once an integral part of the religious, social, and cultural lives of the villages in Telangana.
- The stories painted on scrolls were mainly from the Mahabharata, Ramayana, Markandeya purana, Garuda purana, and various stories from the Krishna leela series, with local heroes also being depicted.
- This traditional art form is considered an inseparable part of the profession comprising the story-telling and balladeer community called Kaki Padagollu.
- They have displayed these scrolls which are also accompanied by music and dance. The scrolls would be flowing like a film roll, which is usually nearly three feet in width and about 40 to 45 feet in length, based on the story.
