Weather & Art in India: Pre-Monsoon Season's Artistic Fervor

Weather & Art in India
Pre-Monsoon Season's Artistic Fervor

Not only humans long for the rains!

Pre-monsoon showers are yet to commence over Southern and Central India, but the longing for the rains has already started. It has been exacerbated by the early onset of heat in the first weeks of March.

We associate mango showers or early rains with hope and freshness and look forward to each wet spell! Our art is also abundant with this longing for the rains. We bring you a few examples from various artistic fields.

Evergreen movie: You surely remember this skillfully created movie with a myriad of emotions and brilliant music.

Lagaan

is said to reflect the sentiments of the majority in our farming community in respect to the monsoon.

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Pattachitra paintings from Odisha: This ancient art form depicts various seasons through the bond of Radha and Krishna on canvas using only natural colors.

Kalidasa's Meghdutam or The Cloud Messenger: The epic lyric poem by one of the greatest Sanskrit poets describes how a yakṣa, who had been banished by his master to a remote region for a year, asked a passing monsoon cloud to take a message of love to his wife.

Do you know of other wonderful works of art related to pre-monsoon from your region? Share them with us and we would introduce them to all the readers of Weather & Radar! Contact us via info@weatherandradar.in!

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