Warli Painting
- National Fertilizers Limited (NFL) a PSU under the Department of Fertilizers has displayed Maharashtra’s famous Warli painting on the outer walls of its Corporate Office in Noida.
- The Warlis or Varlis are an indigenous tribe or Adivasis, living in Mountainous as well as coastal areas of Maharashtra-Gujarat border and surrounding areas.
- They speak an unwritten Varli language which belongs to the southern zone of the Indo-Aryan languages.
- Maharashtra is known for its Warli folk paintings.
- Its roots may be traced to as early as the 10th century A.D.
- They bear a resemblance to those created in the Rock Shelters of Bhimbetka.
- Scenes portraying hunting, fishing and farming, festivals and dances, trees and animals are used to surround the central theme of the painting.
- Women are mainly engaged in the creation of these paintings.
