Mithila Panting is a famous art also known as Madhubani Painting. It is a style of Indian panting describing the culture of Mithila region of Bihar state, India and the adjoining parts of Terai in Nepal. Painting is created with the help of fingers, twings, brushes, nib pens and matchsticks. The amazing part this painting is that it is created according to Hindu festivals such as Birth celebration, Upnayanam, Marriage, and Durga pooja. From its design and style one can clearly understand that for which festival is created.
Hindu women who live in villages and small town of north Bihar (near by Madhubani & Dharbhanga) maintain old traditions and teach them to their daughters. Painting is so closed to the culture that it is passed down from generation to generation in the families without proper training. They paint figures from nature and myth on paper, clothes and house walls to celebrate the seasonal festivals. This tradition style of painting is originated at the time of the Ramayana, when Mithila King Janak invites artists to create unique paintings at the time of marriage of his daughter, Sita maa, to Lord Ram.
Hindu women who live in villages and small town of north Bihar (near by Madhubani & Dharbhanga) maintain old traditions and teach them to their daughters. Painting is so closed to the culture that it is passed down from generation to generation in the families without proper training. They paint figures from nature and myth on paper, clothes and house walls to celebrate the seasonal festivals. This tradition style of painting is originated at the time of the Ramayana, when Mithila King Janak invites artists to create unique paintings at the time of marriage of his daughter, Sita maa, to Lord Ram.
