{"id":368794,"date":"2026-08-03T14:17:46","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T08:47:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=368794"},"modified":"2026-08-03T14:17:46","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T08:47:46","slug":"pithora-painting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/pithora-painting\/","title":{"rendered":"Pithora Painting"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"content-box-green\">\n<p><strong>News: <\/strong>Pithora painting has received a GI tag, boosting its recognition, preserving its cultural heritage, and supporting tribal artisans.<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"red-h2-box\">About Pithora Painting<\/h2>\n<figure style=\"width: 322px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com\/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcT8S825ncgTdgxhKVrNramrEShhq8gxFh7j1dLRxXJPTQ&amp;s\" alt=\"Pithora Art(Pithora tribal art of madhya pradesh) \" width=\"322\" height=\"156\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Research Gate<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Pithora painting<\/strong> is\u00a0a <strong>sacred, ritualistic folk art form <\/strong>of <strong>Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Tribes associated:<\/strong> It is done by the<strong> Rathwa, Bhilala, Naik and Bhil tribes of Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>How is it made:\u00a0<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>The process begins with<strong> Lipai that comprises of setting the background of walls with dung, water and chuna.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It is painted in <strong>spectacular and vivid reds, greens, oranges, blues and pinks colours.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The colour is traditionally created by<strong> Lakharas using natural colours derived from leaves, flowers, minerals and mahua.<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>The paint is <strong>prepared by mixing pigments with milk and liquor prepared from the mahuda tree.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Painters use a<strong> combination of bamboo sticks, cotton and wooden stencils<\/strong> to create their art.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Theme:<\/strong> It is traditionally done on walls that are <strong>characterised by seven horses representing the seven hills<\/strong> that surround the area bordering <strong>Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh,<\/strong> which is<strong> home to the Rathwa community that makes these paintings. <\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>It is created as<strong> offerings to Pithora,<\/strong> the God of food grains.<\/li>\n<li>It is <strong>only painted by men, <\/strong>commonly <strong>in the Chhotaudepur area of Gujarat.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It is<strong> rich with imagery from their everyday life<\/strong> such as<strong>\u00a0elephants, men, women, arms and musical instruments, besides weddings, festivals and celebrations<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>In today\u2019s times, it <strong>is being done by using paper and canvas<\/strong> that they sell commercially.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Recognition:<\/strong> It has received a<strong> GI tag in 2026.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: Pithora painting has received a GI tag, boosting its recognition, preserving its cultural heritage, and supporting tribal artisans. About Pithora Painting Pithora painting is\u00a0a sacred, ritualistic folk art form of Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh. Tribes associated: It is done by the Rathwa, Bhilala, Naik and Bhil tribes of Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh. How is&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/pithora-painting\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Pithora 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":[11872,12196],"class_list":["post-368794","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-news-mill","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/368794","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=368794"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/368794\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=368794"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=368794"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=368794"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}