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PaintingGI Tagged · 2010-11
Cheriyal Scroll Painting
TownCheriyal
StateTelangana
Craft typePainting
GI tag2010-11
About
A vividly coloured narrative scroll-painting tradition used historically by travelling storytellers (Kaki Padagollu) to narrate folk epics and legends panel by panel, painted on hand-stitched khadi canvas coated with natural glue.
Did you know? A complete Cheriyal scroll could historically stretch over 40-50 feet long, painted panel by panel, and was used by itinerant storytellers who would unroll it scene by scene while narrating an entire epic story to village audiences over several nights.