Palghar artists create large Warli painting

First India Bureau

Palghar: As part of a beautification plan to welcome delegates attending the G20 meeting in Aurangabad, a 456 feet long Warli wall painting was drawn by six artists from Palghar.

The G20 inception meeting is scheduled to be held at Aurangabad on February 27 and 28.

The group named Warli Mahila- The

Dhavaleri Group along with 120 local artists painted wall from Central bus stand to Mahavir Chowk in Aurangabad. While Adivasi Yuva Seva Sangh (AYSS) obtained geographical indications for Warli painting, artist group, which is associated with AYSS, offered their services free of cost.

Touted to be the biggest Warli painting in Aurangabad city, it was

The six artists pose in completed on February 17 and took only six hours. The theme of the wall painting was ‘Indigenous Women Traditional Rights’, where the life cycle of Adivasi (tribal) women was de- picted in the painting from birth to death.

Notably, a group of six renowned Adivasi artists from Palghar district supervised the paintings, corrected the mistakes of local artists, and also helped paint a few crucial parts. Incidentally, the Adivasi and Warli communities do not have priests to perform rituals from birth to death. The women perform all the rituals and both communities have given due respect to women from the ancient period.

The team, which made painting a reality, included Kirti Nilesh Vartha from Mahim, Poonam Koal from Waki, Rajeshree Golim from Nihe, Tara Bombade from Palghar, Tanaya Urade from Rothe and Shalini Kasat from Palghar.