Ochre Yellow Wall Art

Ochre Yellow — 7 museum-grade prints in this palette. 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. Madhubani — Mithila painting — developed in the Mithila region of Bihar, historically painted by women on interior and exterior walls during weddings, festivals, and auspicious rites. The Bharni (filling) style, associated with Brahmin women artists, uses strong black outlines filled with bright natural pigments — ochre, turmeric, vermillion, indigo — and traditionally depicts deities, peacocks, fish, and lotus as auspicious symbols. Kachni is the Kayastha women's line tradition within Madhubani painting — historically distinct from Brahmana Bharni flat-fill work. Where Bharni declares in vermillion and lampblack solids, Kachni builds form through parallel hatching, stippling, and cross-hatching with bamboo sticks and nib pens on cream or mud-plaster ground.

Updated 14 Jun 2026