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WARLI PAINTING. ARTIST IS ANIL CHAITYA VANGAD. Anil Chaitya Vangad’s works are beautiful representations of the traditions of Warli art. This work of his depicts the ant colony, a familiar subject in Warli iconography. The tribe believes that Shiva instructed ants to store various seeds within their colony. These are meant to be used for the regeneration of humanity after most of the world is destroyed in the apocalypse. One can notice the seeds being stored in chambers, constantly tended to by the ants. The artist creates works that act as visual narratives of oral traditions, keeping them alive for generations to come.