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2. Tanjore arts or the Tanjore paintings
are the passionate art of India in the
ancient times. These painting are
very significance and said to contain
bring home positive energy. But now
only a handful of people know about
these painting and as a result it is
becoming extinct like our lions and
tigers.
It is said
that the
oldest
and first
know
Tanjore
painting
is about
40,000
years old
and it is

3. made in the Thanjavur, a city of
Tamil Nadu, India. The painting in
that times were design with original
gold foils and precious stones and to
make them more brighter the
artisans use oil paints and as a result
the painting gain more long life. This
is the reason we find the Tanjore
painting the same as before.

4. There are two types of design mainly
used in Tanjore painting and they
are Chettinad and Mysore designs.
1. Chettinad Tanjore painting: As the
first and oldest painting this type of
painting also originated in the city of
Tamil Nadu, Thanjavur. The
speciality of this type of painting are
thick lines, bold colours, appropriate
shapes designed balancing in the
every line of the painting. There is no
out of shape in this painting and has
a use of appropriate colour. The life
of these Chettinad Tanjore paintings
is found around 1600 A.D.
2. Mysore Tanjore painting: These
types of Tanjore painting describe
the life and history of the time
around 2nd century B.C. to 7th

5. century A.D. This type of painting is
originated in a city of Karnataka
named Mysore which is especially
design to inspire the feeling of
devotion among the people. The
delicate lines, intricate brush strokes,
use of bright vegetable colours,
graceful delineation of figures which
are mainly Hindu mythological Gods
and Goddesses are the especially of
these kind of paintings.
There is a very
clear
difference
between a
normal
painting and a
Tanjore
painting.
These Tanjore

6. paintings are more unique and
authentic then the any other
painting and said to bring a special
kind of energy to home. The artisans
use various precious and semi
precious stones and gems to fill the
ornaments and clothing of the grace
full figurines that are mostly Shiva,
Vishnu, Lakshmi, Sarastwati,
Parvathi, Krishna, Radha, Ganesha
and Balaji Tanjore painting.

7. Modern times affected the Tanjore
paintings like every other old things.
In order to survive in the modern
time the artisans made few changes
in the Tanjore painting. Even though

8. they manage the main part of the
Tanjore painting to remain same but
the material used in it now a little
different.