Chittara: Contemporary Interpretations
Geometry, Reduced
Chittara is a traditional folk art from Karnataka, historically painted on earthen walls during moments of ritual and transition. Its language is precise and symbolic—built from dots, lines, triangles, and rhythmic repetition—where meaning lived in measure rather than ornament.
The works in this collection are not traditional wall Chittara.
They are contemporary, small-scale interpretations that draw from Chittara’s geometric vocabulary while translating it into a modern visual idiom. Reduced in size, quieter in palette, and intimate in presence, these pieces echo the discipline of the form rather than recreate its original context.
What emerges feels closer to abstraction—minimal, rhythmic, almost meditative—where geometry becomes the message.
At House of Saaj, we curate these works as dialogue pieces: not ritual murals, but modern objects that carry the sensibility of Chittara into today’s homes without claiming what they are not.
They are not replicas.
They are not ceremonial.
They are thoughtful continuations—where an old visual language learns to speak softly in a new time.
Let them live where stillness is welcome.
On a shelf, a desk, a quiet wall.
Not as tradition reenacted—but as tradition remembered.
These works are contemporary adaptations inspired by Chittara’s geometric language, created in small formats for modern living spaces.
