Traditional Gond painters, Manisha Netam and Nitin Netam came from Maharashtra on Saturday in painting workshop ‘Chetna’ centered on the folk and tribal paintings of India inaugurated on the occasion of World Environment Day.
They told about various aspects of making of Gond painting that said Legends of the Mahapalaya by putting the earth, sky, sun, moon, animal-bird, tree plants, water, air, dance, instrumental stories, gond and other tribals, is an integral part of daily life. Myth stories are not mere stories, but also highlight all beliefs and beliefs of gonds.
Manisha Netam, while painting in the workshop, told about the story related to it that there was nothing extra in the water initially. There was a huge lotus flower on the surface of water and Mahadev was sitting on it. When he saw that water was water all around, he made a crow with his chest scum and sent it to bring the soil.
The crow flew and later on he sat on the claw of the great spider kakramal chattri. The spider kakramal chattri was pleased and said that let's get some food after many days. Crow replied that uncle my father sent me to you. The spider asked, what the job is, the crow said that his father sent him to bring the soil, so that they would create the earth. After that both of them reached the island of Singara.
Nal King and Nal Rani had soil. The spiders and the cows added the relation of uncle and aunt to Nal King and Nal Rani and asked for soil.
The king and the queen mixed the poison in the food of both of them in the name of hospitality and kept keeping the soil in their mouth and ran away.
In such a sprawling place and trapping them in their paws, they sprayed the soil with their mouths and gave them to the cow. God created the universe from this soil.