Pithora painting of Madhya Pradesh is made by which tribal communities?
- A.Gond and Baiga
- B.Bhil and Bhilala
- C.Korku and Kol
- D.Sahariya and Bharia
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Explanation
The correct answer is B, Bhil and Bhilala. Pithora is a wall painting of the Bhil and Bhilala people of the Jhabua, Alirajpur and Dhar belt. It is not decoration but the completion of a vow: when a family's wish is fulfilled, a priest painter called the lakhara is called to cover the inside wall with rows of horses and riders, along with the sun, the moon and figures of daily life, and the painting is followed by ritual and feasting.
Option A, Gond and Baiga, are the communities of the eastern districts, and Gond painting is their tradition. Option C, Korku and Kol, live in the Betul, Khandwa and Rewa regions and have their own song and dance traditions. Option D, Sahariya and Bharia, are among the particularly vulnerable tribal groups of the state. Pithora is also painted by the Rathwa people in the neighbouring state of Gujarat, which is the second half of this question in some papers.
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Practice Questions
View allChanderi, famous for its sheer handwoven fabric, is a town of which district of Madhya Pradesh?
- A.Ashoknagar
- B.Guna
- C.Shivpuri
- D.Vidisha
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Chanderi lies in Ashoknagar district, in the Betwa belt on the old boundary between Malwa and Bundelkhand, and its weavers make the light, glossy, almost transparent Chanderi fabric in cotton, in silk and in the silk and cotton mix for which the town is best known.
Read the full explanation →The Maheshwari saree is woven at Maheshwar, which stands on the bank of which river?
- A.Betwa
- B.Narmada
- C.Tapti
- D.Chambal
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Maheshwar stands on the north bank of the Narmada in Khargone district and was the capital of Ahilyabai Holkar in the eighteenth century.
Read the full explanation →The weaving of the Maheshwari saree is traditionally traced to the patronage of which ruler?
- A.Rani Durgavati
- B.Ahilyabai Holkar
- C.Rani Kamlapati
- D.Begum Shah Jahan of Bhopal
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Ahilyabai Holkar ruled Malwa from Maheshwar in the eighteenth century and is credited with establishing the weaving of the town, bringing in weavers and having borders designed from the carving of the local temples and fort.
Read the full explanation →Bagh print, the block printing done with vegetable dyes, belongs to which district of Madhya Pradesh?
- A.Dhar
- B.Jhabua
- C.Barwani
- D.Khandwa
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Bagh print takes its name from the village of Bagh in Dhar district, where the Khatri families print cotton and silk with hand cut wooden blocks and dye it in vegetable colours, chiefly alizarin from the madder root for red and indigo for blue.
Read the full explanation →Kadaknath, the black meat chicken carrying a GI tag, is associated with which district of Madhya Pradesh?
- A.Jhabua
- B.Dindori
- C.Balaghat
- D.Mandla
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The Kadaknath is a breed of fowl of the Jhabua and Alirajpur tribal belt in western Madhya Pradesh, with dark flesh, dark bones and a very low fat content, and it is reared by the Bhil and Bhilala families of the region.
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