The illustrated scrolls of the Garoda story tellers from Gujarat. Garodas hailed from northern Gujarat and Rajasthan. They used to travel from village to village with their painted paper scrolls and narrated local folklore and popular legends. Painted scrolls were usually divided into 19 compartments by thick, black horizontal lines. The style of painting in scrolls is marked by use of bright colours and thick outlining of figures in black. The first panel shows a shrine having a full vase topped by a coconut, followed by a second panel with two horse riders in profile with anthropomorphic figures of the sun and moon nearby. The scroll continues with depiction of popular deities, for example Ganesha, Siva, Goddess Lakshmi and scenes from local legends, like the story of Dana Bhagat, Raja Harishchandra, from Krishna legends. and local variations of Mahabharata and Ramayana. The scroll ends with a panel depicting punishment in hell.
