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WARLI ART. ARTIST IS ANIL CHAITYA VANGAD. TITLE- TREE OF LIFE. Anil Chaitya Vangad is one of the most accomplished painters within the indigenous form of Warli art. He produces highly intricate works that include a plethora of elements and motifs within them. Here, a flourishing tree is the central image. Its leafy branches provide shelter to birds and small animals. There is also a beehive present on one of them. Right below its canopy, villagers are seen involved in regular activities like grinding grains and using a mortar and pestle, as well as dancing around a tarpa player. The tarpa is a trumpet-like instrument played during rituals. At the bottom of the work is the natural world, full of terrestrial and aquatic animals.