Flame Orange Wall Art

Flame Orange — 3 museum-grade prints in this palette. Bhadrakali — the fierce form of the Goddess born to slay the demon Darika — is the presiding deity of countless Bhagavati kavus across Kerala, and her myth is enacted in temple rituals and in Mudiyettu, a ritual theatre recognised by UNESCO. In bhitti chitra, Kerala's temple-mural tradition (flourishing roughly 16th–19th century and still painted today), she is shown red-bodied with a flame crown, protruding tongue and skull garland. Durga as Mahishasuramardini — the slayer of the buffalo demon Mahishasura — is among the most beloved forms of the Goddess, and in Kerala she is revered as Bhagavati across countless kavus and temples. Here she 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 and the school's elongated lotus-shaped eyes. Kalaripayattu, practised in the kalari training pit, is among the oldest martial traditions of India, native to Kerala and combining strikes, leaps, weapons and a deep link to healing and devotion — training often begins with obeisance at the kalari's shrine lamp. This print sets a sword-and-shield bout 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 or red ground), a bold lamp-black outline and the school's elongated lotus-shaped eyes.

Updated 22 Jun 2026