Mandana Paintings

Mandana paintings are wall and floor paintings of Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh, India. Mandana are drawn to protect home and hearth, welcome gods into the house and as a mark of celebrations on festive occasions. Meena women in the Hadoti area of Rajasthan possess skill for developing designs of perfect symmetry and accuracy. The art is practised on the floor and wall. The art is much more pronounced and attached to Meena community of Hadoti area. The ground is prepared with cow dung mixed with rati, a local clay, and red ochre. Lime or chalk powder is used for making the motif. Tools employed are a piece of cotton, a tuft of hair, or a rudimentary brush made out of a date stick. The design may show Ganesha, peacocks, women at work, tigers, floral motifs, etc.[1] Such paintings are also called Mandala in most of the parts of Nepal. (▀̿Ĺ̯▀̿ ̿)

A Mandana painting depicting wedding celebrations. From the Crafts Museum.


  • Mandana art work from shilpgram , udaipur
  • Mandana art work on the walls of rajasthani mud huts from shilpgram , udaipur

See also

References
  1. Kamboj, B. P. (2003). Early wall painting of Garhwal. New Delhi: Indus Publ. Co. p. 158. ISBN 8173871396.
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