Phad Paintings

It is a popular style of folk painting done on a long piece of cloth, known as phad. It is practiced in Rajasthan. The phads depict the narratives of the folk deities of Rajasthan, mostly of Pabuji and Devnarayan.

Traditionally, the priest-singers called bhopas carry the painted phads along with them. These phads are then used as the mobile temples of the folk deities. The phads of Pabuji are normally about 15 feet in length, while the phads of Devnarayan are normally about 30 feet long. Conventionally the phads are painted with vegetable colors.