Changing the way handmade Madhubani paintings

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Changing the way handmade Madhubani
paintings

• 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 Official William Archer who documented
  and shared this art form with the world.

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Changing the way handmade Madhubani
paintings

• 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 flower, 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
  flower juice or red sandalwood.

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Changing the way handmade Madhubani
paintings

• 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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Changing the way handmade Madhubani
paintings

• 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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Changing the way handmade Madhubani
paintings

• Now a days Madhubani Art is also done on Paper,
  Canvas, cloth and other gift and daily needs
  items We at yourhandmadeitems are committed to
  encourage Mithila Artists and offer a platform
  for their beautiful handmade paintings.
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