arts of bihar

Through art, paintings, dance, folk music, festivals, and fairs, Bihar reflects its glorious past and rich cultural heritage. From paintings to visual arts, the themes mostly illustrate myths and legends of the Hindu religion. The folk paintings exemplify the Hindu deities, such as Lord Rama, Sita, Lord Shiva, Parvati, and so on. Ancient stories involving the Gods, Goddesses, sages, and legends are found to be depicted in the meticulously designed handicrafts. Bihar houses several Buddhist Monasteries, and hence, the state is also known as 'The Land of Buddha'.

[The above painting is done by famous artist and cartoonist Mahendra Shah.]

[The History of Mithila Paintings is provided by Dr. Kailash K. Mishra. Dr. Kailash Kumar Mishra is an anthropologist who works as free lance scholar and looks after the Bahudha Utkarsh Foundation as its founder and Managing Trustee. he can be contacted at  kailashkmishra@gmail.com This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , Ph: 09868963743]

Like the diversity of India, its folk art also presents a huge canvas and depicts the cultural mosaics of this country in a very colourful style. This art can rightly be termed as an ocean of the folk art

[The above painting is done by famous artist and cartoonist Mahendra Shah.]

[The History of Mithila Paintings is provided by Dr. Kailash K. Mishra. Dr. Kailash Kumar Mishra is an anthropologist who works as free lance scholar and looks after the Bahudha Utkarsh Foundation as its founder and Managing Trustee. he can be contacted at  kailashkmishra@gmail.com This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , Ph: 09868963743]

The 5000 years old Indian culture has given successive generations a wonderful mindset tuned in amalgamation of tradition and modernity,

[This Story of Manjusha Art is provided by Manjusha Guru Sri Manoj Kumar Pandit ]

Manjusha Art Technique

The paintings are done using a brush and paints.

The Colours Used
The main colours used are green, yellow and pink/red.

Yellow signifies peace or samriddhi, Pink/red signifies sacrifice and green signifies happiness. Black and blue cannot be used as they are not considered holy for religious purposes. Earlier the colours used were natural colours.They used indigenous plant materials.They extracted the dyes from various parts of the plants.After a while they started using “kaccha” colours which are pow

[This painting is made by famous artist and cartoonist Mahendra Prasad]

[The History of Mithila Paintings is provided by Dr. Kailash K. Mishra. Dr. Kailash Kumar Mishra is an anthropologist who works as free lance scholar and looks after the Bahudha Utkarsh Foundation as its founder and Managing Trustee. he can be contacted at  kailashkmishra@gmail.com This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , Ph: 09868963743]

In Mithila, painting is normally done by

[This painting is made by famous artist and cartoonist Mahendra Prasad]

[The History of Mithila Paintings is provided by Dr. Kailash K. Mishra. Dr. Kailash Kumar Mishra is an anthropologist who works as free lance scholar and looks after the Bahudha Utkarsh Foundation as its founder and Managing Trustee. he can be contacted at  kailashkmishra@gmail.com This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , Ph: 09868963743]

[This piece of article is provided by Ms. SONAM DHINGRA who is a prominent art teacher at City Vocational Public School, Meerut, by profession and an artist herself. She has done in-depth research on indian arts and crafts.]

Madhubani district occupies an area of 3501 sq Kms. This district is bounded by a hill region of Nepal and extending to the border of Darbhanga District in the south, Sitamarhi district on the west and by supaul in the east. Madhubani fairly represents the centre of the territory once known as Mithila and the district has maintained a distinct individuality of its own.

Generally it is hold that way

[This piece of article is provided by Ms. SONAM DHINGRA who is a prominent art teacher at City Vocational Public School, Meerut, by profession and an artist herself. She has done in-depth research on indian arts and crafts.]

Madhubani Paintings are an indigenous art form of a quaint village of Bihar. Here the women of the village maintain a matriarchal dominance over the craft. They paint figures from nature and myth on household and village walls to mark the seasonal festivals, for special events of the life-cycle, and when marriages are being arranged they prepare intricately designed wedding proposals, and the technique of

[This piece of article is provided by Ms. SONAM DHINGRA who is a prominent art teacher at City Vocational Public School, Meerut, by profession and an artist herself. She has done in-depth research on indian arts and crafts.]

During the period 1966-68, a prolonged drought struck Madhubani and the neighbouring region of Mithila. In order to create a new source of non-agricultural income, the All-India Handicrafts Board encouraged the women entrepreneurs to produce their traditional paintings on handmade paper for commercial sale. For the market, the work is done on handmade paper or cloth treated with cow dung to give it its distinctive look and identity. Ever since,

[This piece of article is provided by Ms. SONAM DHINGRA who is a prominent art teacher at City Vocational Public School, Meerut, by profession and an artist herself. She has done in-depth research on indian arts and crafts.]

Mithila paintings and women entrepreneurs are the complimentary for each other and can be mounted up for the economy of Mithila by making some improvements. Women, traditionally have been playing
a crucial role in the family as well as in the field of entrepreneurial areas also, but their contribution has not been duly acknowledged. These women are still to make tremendous progress in the manufacture of Mithila painting. In the present age of