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MARVELLOUS MADHUBANI

Madhubani is one of the most colourful folk painting forms in India. According to popular legend the Madhubani
or Mithila painting evolved as a result of King Janaka’s instruction to artists to draw the marital ceremony of his
daughter Sita with Lord Rama.
ACtiVity- MoDErN MADHUBANi
Where: bihar.
done by: Traditionally done by women. Though men are also involved. Madhubani is a very colourful and creative
form of folk painting. Can you paint three
Style: Five styles- bharni, Katchni, Tantrik, godna, and gobar. modern gadgets in the Madhubani style?
Medium: Mud walls, floor of huts, paper, cloth, canvas. You can choose
Colours used: Natural colours derived from plants. black from mixing from the five
items mentioned
soot with cow dung; yellow from turmeric; blue from indigo; red from below:
kusam flower juice; green from leaves; white from rice powder; orange 1. Car
from palash flowers. 2. Computer
Motifs used: humans and their association with nature. Deities such as 3. Cycle
Krishna, rama, shiva, Durga, lakshmi, saraswati, Tulsi plant, sun and Moon
are common themes. bird and animal motifs and geometrical designs are
used to fill the gaps.
Madhubani paintings mostly depict
the various elements of nature as
well as Hindu religious motifs and
It is believed that Madhubani revolve around hindu deities such as
art originated since the times of Krishna, ram, shiva, Durga, lakshmi,
ramayana. in the scriptures, King and saraswati. sun, moon and tulsi
Janak had called artists to record plant are also famous themes.
the painting of the marriage of his
daughter sita and thus gave rise to Tanvi, VII F, P.K.R. Jain Sr. Sec. Public School,
this style of painting. Ambala City

Master Tanvi Patil, VII A, Pragnya Bodhini
High School, Mumbai an interesting feature of Madhubani
paintings is the eye-catching geo-
Madhubani painting received Illustration by: Sneha metric patterns. These paintings are
made with fingers, twigs, brushes,
official recognition in 1970,
matchsticks, using natural dyes and
when the President of india gave
pigments.
an award to Jagdamba Devi of
Jitbarpur village near Madhubani.
Public School, Maruti
School, Rampur
Kunj, Gurgaon
Ali Murtuza, VI A, Delhi School of Mishra, VIII, Delhi Fatima Javed, VI G, Greenwood Sr. Sec.
Excellence, Hyderabad
Madhubani paintings are
Women have been making
also known as Mithila
Madhubani art since time
paintings. They are two-
Madhubani painting was dimensional and the themes immemorial. however, the world
traditionally done on are both sacred and secular. it has recognised these paintings
freshly plastered mud is one of the most celebrated only in the last 30 years. Very few
walls and floors of huts. forms of folk painting. women write their names on their
works of art.
Prernna B., IX A, Bharatiya Vidya Shweta Yadav, V, Little Ones Public
Top Illustration by: Bhavan’s Public School, Jubilee School, New Delhi Himanshi, VIII, Sri Sathya Sai Jagriti
Prerna Dua, X C, Hans Hills, Hyderabad Vidya Mandir, Darwa, Maharashtra
Raj Model School,
New Delhi

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