An exhibition of paintings of Gond community painter Mangroo Uike 'Shalaka 20' is being displayed in the 'Likhandra Gallery' of the Madhya Pradesh Tribal Museum.
The 'Shalaka 20' painting exhibition is put up in the exhibition gallery which will continue till December 30. The paintings displayed in the painting exhibition are for sale which can be purchased from the painter.
Painter Mangroo Uike was born in the year 1977 in Patangarh village of Dindori, Madhya Pradesh. Mangroo Uike is a young painter of Pardhan, a sub-caste of Gond.
In earlier times, people of Pardhan caste used to sing stories and other myths related to Bada Dev for their livelihood, in return for which they used to get enough food grains and money from the society.
Many Gond Pardhans separated from singing and started painting. He began to paint his caste myths and other stories in his own understanding. Mangroo is also a young painter of the same generation, who has done the work of engraving childhood memory and Gond myths on paper.