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CHITRAKATHI PAINTING OF PINGULI MAHARASHTRA A series of paintings describing traditional stories is claimed to be with the Thakar community for over   500 years . The stories belong to   Ramayana , Mahabharata   and   Nandi Puran . By showing a painting and singing along side the artist builds vivid narratives. The paintings are usually 12″x18″ and the paints are from Natural sources. FOR MORE DETAILS- CHETAN PARSHURAM GANGAVANE 9987653909 EMAIL- ID- taka.museum@gmail.com  
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Padmashri Parshuram Gangavane

  Shri Parshuram Vishram Gangavane has been tenaciously preserving and promoting the traditional art forms of the Adivasi Thakar Tribe since 1975. Born on June 1, 1956, to the tribal family of Gangavanes in Kudal; he has learnt over ten traditional arts from his father, Vishram Gangavane. These include Chitrakathi, Kalsutri Bahulya, Leather Puppets, Pangul Bael, Powada, Gondhal, Radhanrutya, and six more traditional art forms of the Thakars. In 2006, the community at Pinguli under his leadership set up a “Thakar Adivasi Kala Aangan”   (TAKA) Museum & Art Gallery depicting the 500 Years old traditional objects and puppets of the Thakar culture and has since been visited by both local and foreign tourists. A school is working to teach both women and men of the community to paint the traditional Chitrakathi,(tradition of storytelling through paintings & music)through which they preserve the Thakar art forms. The Vishram Thakar Adivasi Kala Aangan Charitable Trust owns a museum

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Thakar Adivasi Kala Aangan Museum & Art Gallery Pinguli Chitrakathi Painting & String Puppetry

Thakar Adivasi Kala Aangan Museum & Art Gallery is a first Tribal Puppetry & Chitrakathi Painting Musuem in Sindhudurg District of Konkan Maharashtra.

Pinguli Chitrakathi Painting- Eknath Parshuram Gangavane

Chitra" means picture and "Katha" means story and the exponent called Chitrakathi is the person who narrates the story with the aid of some visual support. Artist- Eknath Parshuram Gangavane 9403804631 www.pingulichitrakathiart.com

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Tourist Visiting at Kala Aangan Museum & Art Gallery

Deccan Odyssey tourist January 2020 visited Kala Aangan Museum & Art Gallery For more details Chetan Parshuram Gangavane Thakar Adivasi Kala Aangan Museum & Art Gallery 9987653909,9403804631 www.pingulichitrakathiart.com Sindhudurg First Tribal Puppetry and Chitrakathi Painting Museum Save Tribal Culture # culturaltourism   # art   # tribal   # craft   # pingulichitrakathi   # cmomaharashtra   # tourism   # museum   # sindhudurg   # mtdc   # pmoindia   # artist   # painting   # puppetry   # indianart   # culture   # ancient   # tourist   # gallery   # adivasi