Childs Room Wall Art

Childs Room — 9 museum-grade prints sized and toned for the room. When Lakshmana fell in the Ramayana war, Hanuman flew to the Himalaya for the Sanjivani, the life-restoring herb — and, unable to tell which plant it was, carried back the whole mountain. It is among the most beloved Hanuman episodes and a natural subject for bhitti chitra, Kerala's temple-mural tradition that flourished roughly from the 16th to 19th century and is still painted today: flat panchavarna pigments (red, yellow, green, black, white over an ochre ground), a bold lamp-black outline, the flame halo and the school's elongated lotus-shaped eyes. Kaliya Mardana — Krishna subduing the serpent Kaliya, who had poisoned a pool of the Yamuna, by leaping in and dancing upon his many hoods until the snake submitted and his naga-wives begged for his life — is one of the most beloved Krishna-childhood episodes. Here it is painted in bhitti chitra, Kerala's temple-mural tradition that flourished roughly from the 16th to 19th century and is still painted today: flat panchavarna pigments (red, yellow, green, black, white over an ochre ground), a bold lamp-black outline, the halo and the school's elongated lotus-shaped eyes. Kathakali is learned over years in the guru-shishya tradition, the pupil mastering mudras (hand gestures), footwork and facial expression long before the arangettam, the first stage debut. This print sets that lesson inside bhitti chitra, Kerala's temple-mural tradition that flourished roughly from the 16th to 19th century and is still painted today: flat panchavarna pigments (red, yellow, green, black, white over an ochre ground), a bold lamp-black outline and the school's elongated lotus-shaped eyes.

Updated 22 Jun 2026