Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Fine Arts

Chapter

The Living Art Traditions of India

Question:

In the Warli community, who is the mother goddess Palaghat chiefly worshipped as?

Options:

Goddess of wealth

Goddess of fertility

Goddess of wisdom

Goddess of war

Correct Answer:

Goddess of fertility

Explanation:

Answer: Goddess of fertility
Mother goddess Palaghat, dominating the Chowk painting, is chiefly worshipped as the goddess of fertility and represents the corn goddess, Kansari.

The Warli community inhabit the west coast of Northern Maharashtra around the north Sahyadri range with a large concentration in the district of Thane. Married women play a central role in creating their most important painting called Chowk to mark special occasions. Closely associated with the rituals of marriage, fertility, harvest and new season of sowing, Chowk is dominated by the figure of mother goddess, Palaghat, who is chiefly worshipped as the goddess of fertility and represents the corn goddess, Kansari.