Mithila painting has evolved as a tradition that started about 700 years ago, with women using flower pigments and bamboo to adorn walls with religious motifs and wedding décor. The themes of the ...

Asha Jha, a Madhubani artist, runs Madhubani Paints along with her daughters, working to preserve and promote the traditional ...

When Dulari Devi says, “Painting is my everything,” she means it — the practice of art changed her life in a very real and tangible way. Born a member of the lower caste in Bihar, India, Devi spent ...

The Mithila Art Institute in Madhubani, Bihar, has recently launched three websites to help spread the art form practiced by local students, and help them sell their work online We have opened doors ...

Janakpur, the birthplace of Sita and the cradle of the Mithila civilisation, is seeing a revival of its heritage, culture and traditional art. The origin of Mithila art is rooted in the legend of King ...

‘Colors of Shared Dreams’ at Nepal Art Council is an act of transference, most notably of the millennia-old traditions of Mithila art and artists, their heritage, to paper. The key theme here is the ...

In 2011, when renowned Mithila painting artist Mahasundari Devi was conferred the Padma Shri award, Dulari Devi had no idea what it was all about. Curious, she had asked Mahasundari Devi about it. A ...

Ranchi: Shaily Jha, hailing from Ranchi, participated in a painting exhibition featuring Mithila paintings, also known as Madhubani paintings, at the UN headquarters in New York that was held from ...

For centuries, women of the Mithila region of Bihar, India, painted colorful images on the walls and floors of their homes in order to create protective and auspicious spaces for their families and ...