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• Warli painting is a form of tribal mural art created by the tribal people from the North Sahyadri Range in Maharashtra.
• It is based on the concept of Mother Nature and the elements of nature are often kept in focus. 
• Warli artists are known to use their clay huts as backdrops for creating these warli paintings, similar to the way prehistoric paintings were made. 
• These rudimentary paintings are made using a set of geometric shapes – a circle, a triangle, and a square.
• People and animals represented in Warli paintings are depicted by two inverse triangles joined at their tips. 

• In Warli paintings, male gods are uncommon to find and are usually related to spirits which have taken human form. 
• The central motif in every ritual painting is a square known as the “chauk” or “chaukat”. It is depicted by scenes that portray hunting, fishing and farming. Festivals and folk dances are also common scenes depicted through Warli art. 
• Apart from ritualistic paintings, Warli paintings also represent various day-to-day activities performed by village members.
• Jivya Soman Mashe is known as the Father of Warli art because he pulled it out of the traditional domain and popularised it beyond the Sahayadri mountains.