What is Madhubani Painting?

Mithila painting or Madhubani painting is practiced in Mithila in the Bihar state of India. This painting is done with fingers, twigs, brushes, nib-pens, and matchsticks, using natural dyes and pigments, and is characterized by eye-catching geometrical patterns. There is ritual content for particular occasions, such as birth or marriage, and festivals, such as Holi, Chhath Puja, Kali Puja, Upanayanam, and Durga Puja.

It is said that this art was originated at the time when King Janaka of Nepal ordered his kingdom to decorate the town for the wedding of his daughter, Sita, to Lord Rama. The original inspiration for Madhubani art emerged from women’s craving for religiousness and an intense desire to be one with God.

Madhubani art has five distinctive styles, namely, Bharni, Katchni, Tantrik, godna and gobar.The Bharni, the Kachni and the Tantrik style were mainly done by Brahman and Kayashth women, who are upper caste women in India and Nepal. Their themes were mainly religious and they depicted Gods and Goddesses, flora and fauna in their paintings.

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SHIV - PARWATI

शिव पार्वती का एक रूप दर्शाती मधुबनी चित्रकला This is the madhubani painting that shows Lord Shiva with Goddess Parvati. There is a peaceful nature and Ganga flowing from the top of Lord Shiva's head is very pleasant. Shiva is the god of the yogis, self- controlled and celibated, while at the same time a lover of his spouse (shakti). Lord Shiva is the destroyer of the world, following Brahma the creator and Vishnu the preserver, after which Brahma again creates the world and so on. Shiva is responsible for change both in the form of death and destruction and in the positive sense of destroying the ego, the false identification w...

WAITING FOR SOMEONE.....

बसंत ऋतु में अपने प्रिय का इंतजार करती स्त्री In this picture, Radha is waiting eagerly for Krishna. The nature is very pleasant and beautiful. The birds and animals are also on their own way. The peacocks are dancing, the fishes are swimming peacefully and the birds are chirping sweetly. In the V aishanava devotional o f bhakti traditions of H induism that focus on Krishna, Radha is the incarnation of "the feeling of love towards krishna". For some of the adherents of these traditions, her importance approaches or even exceeds that of Krishna. She is considered to be his original Shakt i or power.

GODDESS KALI

The love between the Divine Mother and her human children is a unique relationship. Kali, the Dark Mother is one such deity with whom devotees have a very loving and intimate bond, in spite of her fearful appearance. In this relationship, the worshipper becomes a child and Kali assumes the form of the ever-caring mother. Kali's guises and names are diverse. Shyama, Adya Ma, Tara Ma and Dakshina Kalika, Chamundi are popular forms.Kali's fierce form is strewed with awesome symbols. Her black complexion symbolizes her all-embracing and transcendental nature.

KRISHNA WITH GOPIS

इसमें कृष्णलीला मधुबनी चित्रकला दवारा प्रदर्शित की गई है। In this picture, Lord Krishna is teasing some of the gopi s , who are just coming from the river. On the way, Krishna saw them coming and started breaking their pots and teased them. The gopis got angry but, after Lord Krishna played his flute, their anger got cooled and they started listening to him. In the early stage of his life, Sri Krishna is also often depicted playing the flute for his beloved gopis – female devotees. As the heart throb of Gopis and Gopas, as the herder of cows, as the divine flute player on the banks of Yamuna, as the lover of Sri Radha and as the protector and source of pleasure of all Vrajavasis - As the son of Nanda and Yashoda, as the killer of various demons - He is the most perfect in His most original form of Vrindavan or Gokul.

VARLI PAINTING OF A VILLAGE

This is the varli painting that shows a village where its people are enjoying the celebration in their free time. They are dancing with joy. The birds and animals are also very blithesome.

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