Painting Set – 4

ANSWER: B.Sikkim
SOLUTION : Thangka Painting: Presently belonging to the Indian States of Sikkim, Himachal Pradesh, Ladakh region and Arunachal Pradesh, Thangka were originally used as a medium of reverence that evoked the highest ideals of Buddhism.

ANSWER: C.Keral
SOLUTION: Kalamezhuthu is one such traditional art form of Kerala that combines painting, music, and performance. This art form involves drawing intricate and detailed pictures of select gods and goddesses on the floor using natural pigments and powders, almost identical to its North Indian counterpart Rangoli.

ANSWER: B. Maharashtra
SOLUTION:The 5th-century Bodhisattva Padmapani painting depicting Gautama Buddha holding a lotus flower at Ajanta Caves, Maharashtra, India.

ANSWER: C.Tamil Nadu
SOLUTION:There are 26 caves, 200 stone beds, 60 inscriptions, and over 100 sculptures in and around Madurai. This is also the site where Jain ascetics wrote great epics and books on grammar in Tamil. The Sittanavasal Cave temple is regarded as one of the finest examples of Jain art.

ANSWER: C.Karnataka
SOLUTION:Lepakshi paintings are the mural paintings which is located in the Anantapur district of Andhra Pradesh. It was executed on Veerabhadra temple walls at Lepakshi in 16th Century. It was made during the Vijaynagara period, they follow a religious theme, based on Ramayana, Mahabharata and incarnations of Vishnu.

ANSWER: C.Tamil Nadu
SOLUTION : Armamalai cave paintings are seen in Vellore district of Tamilnadu. Sittanavasal cave is in Pudukottai district of Tamilnadu.

ANSWER: D.Karnataka
SOLUTION: Badami is located in the Karnataka state of India. It is famous for its mural cave paintings patronized by Chalukyan rulers in the 6th century AD.

ANSWER: C.Madhya Pradesh
SOLUTION:Bagh caves are near to the Bagh river in Madhya Pradesh. There are 9 Buddhist Caves dated 6th Century CE.

ANSWER: D.Madhya PradeshBR> SOLUTION: Gond painting is a traditional Madhya Pradesh art form associated with the Gond tribe. Patangarh village in the Dindori district is well-known for its gond paintings.

ANSWER: B.Bihar
SOLUTION:​Madhubani painting (or Mithila painting) was traditionally created by the women of various communities in the Mithila region of the Indian subcontinents. It originated from Madhubani district of the Mithila region of Bihar.