Jatayu Cheriyal Mask – Hand-painted Telangana Folk Art kolam name board Fish motifs are commonly used

Fish motifs are commonly used in Tholu Bommalatha puppetry for their simple

formal bearing associated with that tradition

in that classic red palette on square wooden coasters

Among the many stories told of Krishna's childhood

Jatayu Cheriyal Mask – Hand-painted Telangana Folk Art kolam name board Fish motifs are commonly usedJatayu appears in the Ramayana as the aged vulture king who tries to stop Ravana from abducting Sita, fighting until his wings are cut and he falls, mortally wounded, only to hold on long enough to tell Rama which direction Ravana had flown. It's one of the epic's more quietly devastating episodes an act of loyalty offered by a creature with no stake in the outcome beyond what's right and it's this figure that this Cheriyal mask, made in the village