{"id":725,"date":"2015-03-05T00:42:01","date_gmt":"2015-03-04T19:12:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.goheritagerun.com\/?p=725"},"modified":"2020-03-12T11:34:03","modified_gmt":"2020-03-12T06:04:03","slug":"focus-dying-cheriyal-art-warangal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.goheritagerun.com\/focus-dying-cheriyal-art-warangal\/","title":{"rendered":"In Focus: The Dying Cheriyal Art of Warangal"},"content":{"rendered":"

Have you received any love letters in the form of scrolls? You probably had a pretty romantic lover if you did. The Cheriyal paintings peculiar to the city of Warangal in the Telengana region are like those love letters – but with a couple of differences – these painted in a narrative format and depict stories from local mythology and folklore.<\/p>\n

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The Cheriyal Paintings from Warangal<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

No amount of television serials and comics would ever replace this oldest form of storytelling. In India, there are many forms of scroll paintings such as Dasvathara in Goa, Pinguli and the Chitra Katha in Maharashtra, Patachitra in Orissa and Bengal among others.<\/p>\n

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Scroll Painting form know as Pinguli from Maharashtra<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The name Cheriyal comes from a village in Warangal district of Telangana in India. Several hundred years ago, Kaki Podagollu, a story telling community would travel through Telengana,\u00a0 singing and narrating stories, and depicting them in a visual format.<\/p>\n

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The Cheriyal Dolls from Warangal PC: Indya4u.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Unlike the stories from Orissa, Bengal or Goa where the paintings depict mythological characters and gods, the artists from Warangal district paint stories of the lives of different communities such as cobblers, fishermen, farmers as well.<\/p>\n

Each Cheriyal Scroll painting is drawn on a khadi cloth and each scroll starts with a panel of Lord Ganesha, followed by Goddess Saraswati. It’s their way of paying their respect to the deities and seeking their blessings.<\/p>\n