Food pop culture of Madurai portrayed in a South Indian Temple Tower with 12+ Cheriyal Scroll Indian Folk Illustrations for the Times of India Newspaper launch in Madurai. The Legendary Madurai Meenakshi Amma Temple features Madurai's most famous painting style, Cheriyal Scroll Paintings. Every Maduraian can relate to the illustration style.
Cheriyal Scroll Painting, Indian Folk Art is stylized Nakashi art with Telangana-specific motifs. Only Hyderabad, Telangana, India makes them. The scrolls depict Indian mythology and are closely related to the Puranas and Epics. These paintings were popular in Andhra and other parts of the country, but each region had its own style and customs. Cheriyal scrolls were once popular across Telangana, but television, cinemas, and computers have confined them to the town of Cheriyal.