Photograph — A Sohrai wall painting, Jharkhand. Source image unavailable; caption preserved.
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Tribal & Folk Art · Jharkhand — Hazaribagh
Sohrai Khovar Painting
An earth-pigment mural art form native to Jharkhand's Hazaribagh district, using finger- and comb-drawn techniques to depict animals and nature, now adapted onto paper and canvas for sale.
GI status: GI-registered, 2020
Shelf life: Indefinite (on paper/cloth/canvas)
Women-led sector
| Category | Tribal & Folk Art |
|---|---|
| Region | Jharkhand — Hazaribagh |
| GI status | GI-registered, 2020 |
| Typical shelf life | Indefinite (on paper/cloth/canvas) |
| Women's role in production | A mural art tradition painted exclusively by women of Hazaribagh's farming and tribal communities on home walls during harvest (Sohrai) and marriage (Khovar) seasons, using natural earth pigments applied by hand and with cloth swabs. |
Why this fits a low-wastage SHG model: Grown in Hareli's own state of Jharkhand and painted exclusively by women, this is one of the most directly mission-aligned products in the catalogue — a finished, non-perishable art good with indefinite shelf life.
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