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Kachni 

Kachni means lines. In this style of painting only one or two colors are used. Fine pattern is made using hatching and stippling to create paintings with finest details. Double lines are used to depict the outlines.

Bharni 

Bharni means filling. In this style the subject is outlined with black and the enclosed areas are filled with vibrant colors like blue, yellow, pink, green, orange etc.

Godna

These paintings were slightly less detailed and following

[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

[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 and can be identified from the following features:

• It is practiced only by the females of the region.
• For centuries it has been done on walls and floor on the occasion of marriages and other domestic rituals.
• Although the images were similar, women of different castes developed distinctive styles of painting. Different castes involved were- Mahapatra Brahm

[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.]

The exact reason or time of the origination of Madhubani art is unknown. However, the legend has it that it came into vogue during the time of Ramayana, when King Janak ordered the artists in his own kingdom to make beautiful paintings for the wedding of his daughter Sita, to Lord Rama. This art, with a tradition going back to the centuries, is today an exclusive monopoly of women artists.

They paint figures from nature and myth on household

Name: Sonam Dhingra

Educational Qualification: M.Sc Development Communication and Extension, Lady Irwin College, Delhi University

Thesis submitted: “Women Engaged in Madhubani Paintings-A Study with Artisans in Delhi”

Occupation: Art Teacher (City Vocational Public School) and a Self taught Part Time Painter

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