The Complete Kirmir Monster Wall Painting
Maguelone Dunoyer and Charles20-26 Feb, 2019
Evolve Foundation
Dehradun, India
The wall represents the story of the Kirmir monster and the Mahasu Devta temple. Starting from left to right, three important scenes of the story are highlighted in red shapes.
The story begins with a landscape of Uttarakhand a long time ago. The first scene highlights the demon Kirmir destroying villages and eating kids. When Kirmir chooses the youngest son of the village priest Hanu, the priestess Kritika starts worshipping Mahasu to save her son.
The central image depicts her praying to Mahasu Devta and promising to build a temple. The mandala which followed represents the spirituality and her prayers.
The last scene shows Mahasu Devta defeating Kirmir. And the last landscape represents the peaceful resolution, with the temple built as promised.
Details
- Title: The Complete Kirmir Monster Wall Painting
- Creator: Maguelone Dunoyer, Charles
- Date Created: 20-26 Feb, 2019
- Location: Tauli Budh village, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India
- Type: Wall Paintings
- Contributor: Students from Hopetown Girls School; Dehradun
- Medium: Wall Paints
- Project: "Kahaani" is one of the world's first movement of curating stories and impacting lives by painting culture and history on the walls of villages. Through this first phase of the project, "Kahaani" focuses on reviving the vanishing folklore of the Jaunsar community. Artist from India and abroad painted the walls of houses and a school of Tauli Bhud village in Jaunsar.
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