Muggu or muggulu , with the gobbemma placed at its centre during Sankranti, is drawn in:
- A.Andhra Pradesh and Telangana
- B.Gujarat and Rajasthan
- C.Assam and Meghalaya
- D.Punjab and Haryana
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Explanation
The correct answer is A, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. Muggu is the Telugu cousin of the Tamil kolam, drawn in rice flour or white powder before the door, often around a grid of dots. During the month of Sankranti the muggu carries the gobbemma in its middle, a small cone of cow dung topped with a pumpkin flower or marigold, and girls sing about the gobbemma as they place it, which makes the custom a favourite one liner in southern state papers.
Option B is wrong because Gujarat and Rajasthan draw rangoli, sathiya and mandana. Option C is wrong because Assam and Meghalaya have no muggu tradition. Option D is wrong because the north western courtyard pattern is chowk purana. In the examination the muggu is also set against the kolam, so remember that the two are the same art under a Telugu and a Tamil name, with the gobbemma custom belonging only to the Telugu country.
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Practice Questions
View allThe floor art known as kolam belongs chiefly to which state?
- A.Kerala
- B.Tamil Nadu
- C.Karnataka
- D.Odisha
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The kolam is the Tamil threshold drawing, made each morning in white rice flour on ground that has been swept and sprinkled.
Read the full explanation →Mandana, drawn in white chalk over a red ochre ground, is the traditional floor and wall art of:
- A.Maharashtra
- B.Assam
- C.Rajasthan
- D.Punjab
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Mandana reverses the usual method: the floor or the lower wall is first washed with geru, the red ochre of the region, and the design is then laid over it in white chalk or lime, so the figure is light on a red field.
Read the full explanation →Alpana, painted with a paste of ground rice, is associated with which state?
- A.West Bengal
- B.Gujarat
- C.Telangana
- D.Himachal Pradesh
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Alpana, or alpona, is applied wet: rice is soaked, ground into a white paste and painted on the floor with a cloth wick or with the fingers, which lets the artist draw flowing creepers, paddy sheaves, lotuses, owls and footprints.
Read the full explanation →The aipan art of white rice paste on a red geru ground belongs to which state?
- A.Himachal Pradesh
- B.Uttarakhand
- C.Sikkim
- D.Jharkhand
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In aipan the surface is first washed with geru, the local red ochre, and the pattern is then drawn on it with a white paste of ground rice using the fingers.
Read the full explanation →The pookalam, a carpet of flower petals laid on the ground, is made during which festival?
- A.Pongal
- B.Bihu
- C.Onam
- D.Ugadi
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A pookalam is laid in concentric rings of petals, leaves and whole flowers, and a fresh one is made on each of the ten days of the festival, growing larger as the days pass, with competitions for the best design in schools, offices and neighbourhoods.
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