{"id":358045,"date":"2026-03-13T15:28:42","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T09:58:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=358045"},"modified":"2026-03-13T15:28:42","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T09:58:42","slug":"kurumba-painting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/kurumba-painting\/","title":{"rendered":"Kurumba Painting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>News:<\/strong> Kurumba painting need conservation and revival as it is on the verge of extinction, with fewer than 10 practising artists remaining.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>About Kurumba Painting<\/strong><\/h2>\n<figure style=\"width: 194px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com\/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSXP6NL8shxYUVvEApJbsqAC3DRH97I41zSEQ&amp;s\" alt=\"Kurumba Painting \" width=\"194\" height=\"259\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: KURUMBA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kurumba art is a<\/span><b> prehistoric art form<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> originated from the Kurumba tribe in <\/span><b>Tamil Nadu, Kerala, and Karnataka.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Note: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Kurumba tribe primarily <strong>resides in the Nilgiri Hills of Tamil Nadu and Kerala.<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u00a0is believed to be<strong> 3000 years old.<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Themes:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The theme of painting centers around <\/span><b>spiritual beliefs, rituals, festivals, and daily activities.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Design:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The art features <\/span><b>simple, linear motifs with dots, lines, and geometric shapes<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, depicting huts, animals, and community life.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Raw Materials used: It <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">uses<\/span><b> natural pigments sourced from the forest.\u00a0<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Yellow-brown and black pigments come from Vengai tree resin<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><b>green pigments are derived from crushed leaves.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Artists use <\/span><b>fine twigs, bamboo sticks, and natural fiber brushes<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for application.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The paintings ar<\/span><b>e traditionally done on walls, fabric, and handmade paper, p<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">reserving their deep connection to nature and tribal traditions.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Process: It<\/b><b>\u00a0begins with a ritualistic worship of their guardian deity<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> before gathering natural pigments from the forest.\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Colours are <\/span><b>applied directly without water to create intricate cultural and spiritual motifs.<\/b><\/li>\n<li>\u00a0The<strong> male priests or caretakers of the temple used to practice this art form in the villages<\/strong> and the women of the family used to decorate the doors and windows of the houses.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Significance: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is an art form that <\/span><b>captures the socio-religious ethos of the Kurumba tribe <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and these paintings<\/span><b> only appear on their house walls and floors during festive occasions.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: Kurumba painting need conservation and revival as it is on the verge of extinction, with fewer than 10 practising artists remaining. About Kurumba Painting Kurumba art is a prehistoric art form originated from the Kurumba tribe in Tamil Nadu, Kerala, and Karnataka.\u00a0 Note: The Kurumba tribe primarily resides in the Nilgiri Hills of Tamil&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/kurumba-painting\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Kurumba Painting<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10366,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,11212,12039],"tags":[11872,10500],"class_list":["post-358045","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-history-and-art-culture-in-news","category-knolls","tag-9pm-daily-factly","tag-indian-express","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/358045","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10366"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=358045"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/358045\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=358045"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=358045"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=358045"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}