Bright & Beautiful - Madhubani Painting

One of the many traditional Indian art forms is 'Madhubani Paintings' also known as 'Mithila Paintings'. This art, named after the village Madhubani(Bihar), where it is practiced, find their origin in Indian epic Ramayna. The art was originally practiced by females only, serving as a creative expression tool for everyday lives and happenings. Following the belief that Gods visit each house in the morning, the art primarily donned the walls and doors, intending to please the Gods. Traditionally done on freshly plastered mud wall of huts these paintings,overtime, graduated to cloth, hand-made paper and canvas. Now-a-days one can find these paintings online as well.

History of Madhubani Paintings...

Madhubani paintings are also also popular as Maithili, Chitra and Godhna figure paintings. It is said that it is originated during the Ramayana age when king Janak a ruler of Mithila made people paint the floors and walls of their houses on the occasion of his daughter- Sita's wedding to Lord Raam. Mithila or Madhubani district of Bihar is the actual hub of Madhubani paintings as long years back it all started from this particular humble region only. Eventually this artform spread to the adjacent districts of Madhubani like Rasidpur, Bacchi, Jetwarpur, Ranti, Rajangarh, etc as well



Bright& Beautiful - Madhubani Painting

$34.00

Product Size:  22"h x 7.50"w

Product Material:  Handmade Paper

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Popular in the Mithila region of Bihar the Madhubani form of art is a depiction of local and mythological motifs and the method of painting uses mainly natural dyes. Three female figures with prominent eyes have been painted in the beautiful and bright Madhubani painting. Mithila paintings, also called Madhubani, are a folk art kept alive by the female folks in northern Bihar. Based on traditional designs and events from epic mythology, these paintings are made on the floors and walls of their houses using crushed wet rice and natural colors on purely cotton fabric. From this age-old tradition born the practice of drawing Mithila paintings on a canvas of handmade paper or pure mulberry silk fabric, using natural colors and fabric dyes. Brushes, sharpened reeds and pen nibs are used to draw the designs and figurations.