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Mithila painting also known as Madhubani painting OR

Madhubani Art is said to originate in the courts of Raja
Janak during preparation for the marriage of his
daughter Sita to Lord Ram. Mithila painting has
traditionally been done on the interior walls of Kohbara
Ghar' (Nupital House) and was unknown to the outside
world until it was discovered' after the massive
earthquake of 1934 that hit Nepal and bordering Bihar in
India.
This massive earthquake flattened the houses, exposing
the interior walls to the visiting British Offi cial William
Archer who documented and shared this art form with
the world.

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Mithila painting (Madhubani Art) is traditionally done on

mud walls and are world famous for their beautiful colors,
geometric forms, depiction of scenes from epics like
Ramayana and variety of natural objects like fl ower,
animals, and birds.
Prominent colours include pink, parrot green, red, copper
blue, sulphate blue, yellow and dark blue. Earlier, colours
were derived from natural sources like plants, charcoal
soot, ochre etc. Black colour was obtained by mixing soot
with cow dung while yellow colour was made by mixing
turmeric, pollen or lime with the milk of banyan leaves.
Red colour was derived from the Kusum fl ower juice or
red sandalwood.

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Tree Of Life In Elephant Bharni and Kachni styles were made by

Brahmin women and are stylistic and intricate in design. The Harijan
paintings broadly come under two styles - Gobar, or cowdung painting, and Godana, or tattoo painting. The former is attributed to
Chamar artists and the latter to artists of the Dusadh community.

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Many artists are now involved in keeping this

Parampara' (tradition) alive and use as much of
natural color as possible and paint on handmade
paper.
When it comes to the subject of their painting they
draw inspiration from traditional stories from Hindu
Epics but also incorporate modern stories. Moreover,
keeping up with modern times they frequently paint on
fabrics and make beautiful T-shirts, bags, handmade
sarees. Each piece takes painstaking effort and can
take anywhere from few hours to several days.

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Now a days Madhubani Art is also done on Paper,

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