Cheriyal painting (Telangana)

Cheriyal scroll paintings (the more popular and modified version of Nakashi art) are pictorial presentation of scenes from Indian mythological epics, very similar to other folk paintings as Pattachitra, Phad painting. They are made on a long vertical piece of cloth in a narrative form. Traditional folk singers would narrate the stories using cheriyal scroll as a visual aid for storytelling. Cheryal masks are also quite popular. Very few Cheriyal artists exists.