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Saura art is the type of wall painting done by the Saura tribes, Which were spread over the eastern part of India.  The other name for saura painting is ikons/ekons. The saura people have religious importance for this painting. Previously the wall of the houses was adored by the saura painting, but now the art is well known throughout India. The art shows the history, philosophy, and religious belief of the tribe. Saura Tribes Few of the most Asian tribes mentioned in the epic of Ramayan and Mahabharata.  Sabrai and Jara were from the saura tribes. Sabrai, Ram’s devotee in the  Ramayana and Jara, The hunter who mortally wounded Lord Krishna with an arrow.  Methods and symbols  The custom is to decorate the houses of villagers with red or brown clay walls and develop designs with natural dyes made from rice, white stone, and flowers and leaves extracts using a brush made with tender bamboo. The deity of the Saura are commonly ...

Kinnaur in Himachal Pradesh located on the Indo – Tibetan border still has a culture of its own. The finest but most time-consuming weaves in wool which is in the purest form.  The art and artists were cut off from the rest of the world, because for numerous reasons. Untouched regions, topography, climate, and most importantly their lack of trust in modern culture. Their techniques were stile and commercialized but still, they refuses to sell their ancestry.  There is no change in the usage of these shawls. Though a few households in the administrative headquarters of Kinnaur, reckong-peo, have little shops where they sell them locally but vastly they still weave them for their own.  History   The “wool road”, merely a donkey trail, was the traditional main trade route in the region, and was so important that it was later widened to  motorable width to improve trade in the region and came to be known as the Hindus tan-Tibet road”. Two groups of artis...