The beautiful Batik painting of the four gorgeous elephants. The elephants are on the move that symbolizes life or movement. In ancient India, elephants were considered status symbol and even today the animal is held in high esteem. The beautiful painting celebrates the glory of Batik style of painting centred around West Bengal, Orissa and Tamil Nadu. This style of painting is known for its originality, uniqueness and fineness. Batik is the art of creating images on the cotton cloth using wax resist method. Indians knew the technique of Batik some 2000 years back. Rice starch and wax resists were used for printing. The technique had lost its popularity because of tedious procedures of waxing and dewaxing. It was kept alive as a hobby by the aristocratic ladies and revived in 20th century.