Warli Painting is the folk painting of ______ state of India.

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  1. Manipur
  2. Mizoram
  3. Karnataka
  4. Maharashtra

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Option 4 : Maharashtra
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The correct answer is Maharashtra.

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  • Warli painting 
    • Warli painting is a form of tribal art mostly created by the tribal people from the North Sahyadri Range in Maharashtra, India.
    • This range encompasses cities such as DahanuTalasariJawhar, PalgharMokhada, and Vikramgad of Palghar district.
    • This tribal art was originated in Maharashtra, where it is still practiced today.
    • The Warli Painting tradition in Maharashtra are among the finest examples of the folk style of paintings.
    • The Warli tribe is one of the largest in India, located outside of Mumbai.
    • The style of Warli painting was not recognised until the 1970s, even though the tribal style of art is thought to date back as early as 10th century A.D.
    • The Warli culture is centered on the concept of Mother Nature and elements of nature are often focal points depicted in Warli painting.

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  • These rudimentary wall paintings use a set of basic geometric shapes a circle, a triangle, and a square.
  • These shapes are symbolic of different elements of nature. The circle and the triangle come from their observation of nature.
  • The circle represents the sun and the moon, while the triangle depicts mountains and conical trees.
  • In contrast, the square renders to be a human invention, indicating a sacred enclosure or a piece of land.
  • The central motif in each ritual painting is the square, known as the chauk or chaukat, mostly of two types known as Devchauk and Lagnachauk.
  • Inside a Devchauk is usually a depiction of Palaghata, the mother goddess, symbolizing fertility.
  • The ritual paintings are usually created on the inside walls of village huts.
  • The walls are made of a mixture of branchesearth and red brick that make a red ochre background for the paintings.
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