Ritual Grounded Wall Art

Ritual Grounded — 3 museum-grade prints that set the mood. Aripana — also spelled Aripan — is ritual floor painting from the Mithila region of Bihar and adjoining Nepal, traditionally executed by women known as aripana deniharis before puja, weddings, thread ceremonies, and seasonal vratas. The surface is prepared with cow-dung wash; designs are drawn freehand with fingers dipped in pithar, a wet paste of soaked and ground rice, often finished with dots of sindur vermillion. Warli painting belongs to the Warli Adivasi community of the North Sahyadri range in Maharashtra — practiced across talukas including Dahanu, Talasari, Jawhar, Palghar, and Mokhada. Women traditionally painted interior hut walls with white rice paste, water, and gum applied through chewed bamboo sticks, over a ground of red geru soil mixed with cow dung. Tantrik — from Tantra's ritual and yantra tradition — is one of five recognised Madhubani styles alongside Bharni, Kachni, Godna, and Kohbar, distinguished by sacred geometry, interlocking triangles, bindu-centred mandalas, and esoteric deity iconography rather than garden narrative or tattoo stipple. Navagraha — the nine celestial grahas Surya, Chandra, Mangala, Budha, Brihaspati, Shukra, Shani, Rahu, and Ketu — appear in Mithila Aripana floor art, Kohbar wedding walls, and temple folk panels as blessings from sun, moon, and planetary powers; Creative Mithila and village ritual documentation note their presence during Vat Savitri, Madhushravani, and post-wedding ceremonies alongside Surya and Chandrama.

Updated 14 Jun 2026