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When we come to a later period, we find a definite
established tradition of paintings on various
objects particularly floors walls and on intimate
objects of everyday use, and in most instances
the act being associated with some ritual. The
origin of painting is traced to a moving legend
recorded in the Chitralakshana-the earliest
Indian treatise on painting. When .the son of
a kings high priest died,, Lord Brahma (the Creator)
asked the king to paint a likeness of the boy
so that he can breathe life into him again. This
is how the first painting was made.
The Chola rulers in the south, made extensive
use of kolam, floor designs. These decorations
done only by women are amongst the most expressive
of folk-arts. They are known by different names
in different parts of the country, alpana in
Bengal and Assam, aripana in
Bihar, mandana in Rajasthan,
rangoli in Gujarat and Maharashtra,
chowkpurana in Uttar Pradesh (except
the Kumaon region) and kolam in the South.
The Rajasthani mandana is equally rich.
Floor paintings in Andhra are known as muggulu
and Himachal Pradesh has its own distinctive
floor paintings with geometrical patterns .
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