Centre for Revival of Indigenous Art’s coffee table book documents Chittara art from Karnataka’s Malenadu
In the quiet villages of rain-soaked Malenadu region in Karnataka, walls become storytellers. Art in geometrical patterns bloom in natural hues. This is Deevaru Chittara, the traditional art form of Deevaru community, an agrarian and matrifocal group living in the region. For generations, their women have adorned walls, doors, fabric and ceremonial objects with symbols…
