CHERIYAL PAINTINGS

Cheriyal Painting of the Deccan has also been classified as a form of painting for storytelling and to entertain the audience along which it carries the rich cultural history and heritage with it. Cheriyal Paintings are stylized forms of nakashi art that are believed to be brought from Mughal emperors to the south along with them. As these paintings are called as one of the most important scroll paintings, it suggests that it is made on a long vertical piece of cloth in a narrative form and more like the modern world’s comic strip or film roll. A traditional Cheriyal painter always starts with the painting of lord Ganesh.