What is the central theme of the Baramasa paintings?

Illustrating the modes of love appropriate to each month of the year.

The correct answer is Option 2- Illustrating the modes of love appropriate to each month of the year.

The Baramasa paintings, consisting of 12 folios, illustrating the modes of love or courtship appropriate to each month of the year had become a popular theme in the hills during the nineteenth century. An account of Baramasa is given by Keshav Das in the tenth chapter of Kavipriya. He, thus, describes the hot month of Jyeshtha, which falls in the months of May and June. The painter takes utmost delight in depicting all analogues as described by the poet.