Mahua Gathering Wall Art

Mahua Gathering — 2 museum-grade prints, engineered to a wall. Gond painting comes from the Gond Adivasi communities of central India, with its best-known school formed by the Pradhan Gond of Patangarh and the wider Dindori region of Madhya Pradesh. The contemporary form is largely the legacy of Jangarh Singh Shyam (1962–2001), whose distinctive line-and-in-fill manner — every form bounded by a bold outline, then filled with rows of dots, dashes, commas and scales — became known as Jangarh Kalam and was carried on by his family and students. Saura (also Sora or Saora) is one of the oldest Adivasi communities of southern Odisha; the Lanjia Saura sub-group of the Rayagada and Gajapati hills are known for their ritual wall paintings, called ikon or idital, painted by a kuranmaran (shaman-priest) in white rice paste on the deep-maroon inner wall of a house to honour deities and ancestors. The mahua tree (Madhuca longifolia) is central to Adivasi life across central and eastern India — its dawn-falling flowers gathered for food, cooking oil and a traditional brew, the season marking a small annual rhythm.

Updated 22 Jun 2026