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| What is Mithila Painting | |
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Hindu women who live in villages near the town of Madhubani in northern India maintain old traditions and teach them to their daughters. Painting is one of the traditional skills that are passed down from generation to generation. They paint figures from nature and myth on household walls to mark the seasonal festivals and life cycle events like marriage and birth. |
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The Mithila region and the villages around Madhubani are situated near the northern edge of the state of Bihar as it approaches the India-Nepal border. People of Mithila have their own language and regional identity that goes back more than 2500 years. |
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Mithila painting is also known as Madhubani painting – referring to the district town around which many of the painters live. Its iconography is drawn from a rich cosmology, as well as a huge store of legends and folklore replete with symbols of fertility, good luck, and prosperity. It is observed that communities in the area have distinct paintings styles. |