Saura tribal painting is a style of mural paintings associated with the Saura scheduled tribe community of Odisha. These paintings are visually similar to Warli paintings and hold religious significance for the Sauras. The Saura wall paintings are called Italons or Ikons (or Ekons) and are dedicated to Idital (alson known as Edital) the main deity of the Sauras. These paintings draw upon tribal folklore and have ritualistic importance. Ikons make extensive use of symbolically multi layered icons that mirror the quotidian chores of the Sauras. People, horses, elephants, the sun, the moon and the tree of life are recurring motifs in these ikons. Ikons were originally painted on the walls of the Saura's adobe huts. The paintings' backdrop is prepared from red or yellow ochre earch which is then painted over using brushes fashioned from tender bamboo shoots. Ekons use natural dyes and chromes from ground white stone, hued earth, vermillion, mixtures of tamarind seed, flower and leaf extacts. Paintings in the Saura community are linked with the healing process for illness, safe childbirth and other life events. Symbols of the sun, moon, tutelary sppirits and ghosts make up the content of the paintings. These paintings are done on wall surfaces with red ochre and rice paste.