Handmade paper with fabric colour. This year bring difference in the way you wish your near ones- a greeting card with Madhubani painting is just the thing that will make you special.
The art of Madhubani painting is said to have been continuing from time immemorial. History says that during the marriage of Sita with Ram at Janakpur the entire house was decorated with various paintings. At that time it was known as Maitihili painting. Later as it became more widespread in Madhubani it became more popular as Madhubani painting. Traditionally the women of the village used to make these paintings on the wall and floor of their houses. But the painting was mostly done during different social events like marriage, sacred thread ceremony of the Brahmins, birth et al. The main themes of this painting are Krishnaleela, Ramayan, Marriage and other mythological stories. Fish is also a common character as it is thought to be a symbol of love, fertility and procreation. The Harijans paint stories related to Raja Sailesh whom they worship as their god.
The journey from an empty piece of paper, to the rich detailed painting is long. It involves various steps of preparing the handmade paper, collecting the ingridients for the natural colours and last but not least the lines. The artists are working with four different paintings styles, like Line Painting, Colour Painting, Godhna/Tattoo Painting and Tantric Painting.
