Madhubani Art Paintings

Madhubani Paintings- Introduction
One of the many traditional Indian art forms is 'Madhubani Paintings' also known as 'Mithila Paintings'. Madhubani paintings 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 Madhubani 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 Madhubani paintings originated during the Ramayana age when king Janak – 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.