Question

Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct regarding Chitrakathi paintings?

• A. The Chitrakathi is also the name of an occupational caste whose traditional livelihood was to narrate stories aided with pictures.
• B. The theme of Chitrakathi paintings includes stories on Mughal conquest of India.
• C. More than 50 paintings together form a bundle or pothi, which is used by the artist to narrate the story.
• D. Chitrakathi artists are a community of migrating story tellers found all over Maharashra and some parts of Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka.

Answer 1

Answer: (A), (C), (D)

The correct options are
A The Chitrakathi is also the name of an occupational caste whose traditional livelihood was to narrate stories aided with pictures.
C More than 50 paintings together form a bundle or pothi, which is used by the artist to narrate the story.
D Chitrakathi artists are a community of migrating story tellers found all over Maharashra and some parts of Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka.

Chitakathi paintings are part of an oral storytelling tradition. Chitrakathi developed in the form of small finely painted images about historic or religious events. Religious mythology and stories from the epics were depicted through these paintings. Chitrakathi now exists only in Maharashtra due to the devotion and faith of its practitioners in their own heritage.