It is culture and tradition of Mithilanchal.
Types :
- Wall Painting
- Floor Painting
Wall Painting
Forms :
- Decoration of Gosni Room
- Decoration of Kohbar Room
Decoration of Gosni Room
Picture of religious importance
- Shiva Parvati
- Radha Krishna
- Vishnu Lakshmi
- Ram Seeta
- Dashavtar
- Durga
- Kali
Decoration of Kobhar Room
Outside Kohbar Room
- Rati (Goddess of Love)
- Kamdev (God of Love)
Inside the Kohbar Room
- Reproductive Organs
- Yakshinis – Female Attendant of Kubera (4 corners of Kohbar Room)
- Banana (Represent Powerful Body)
- Fish (Represent Sexual Desire)
- Parrot (Represent Carrier of Love)
- Bamboo (Represent Progression of Clan)
- Lion (Represent Power)
- Elephant (Represent Pride)
- Horse (Represent Pride)
Floor Painting
Drawn on Courtyards or frames by mixing grinded rice with water and desired colours by using fingers.
Categories :
- Pictures of human beings , animals and birds
- Pictures of flowers, fruits and trees
- Pictures of astrological signs
- Pictures of Gods and Goddesses
- Pictures of Pious Symbols like Swastik, Deep etc.
Primary Colours Used :
- Greeen : Obtained from beans
- Orange : Obtained from Palash
- Red : Obtained from Kusum
- Blue : Obtained from Indigo
- Black : Blue : Obtained from Kajal
Prominent Representatives of Madhubani Painting :
- Padma Shree Siya Devi
- Kaushalya Devi
- Ganga Devi
- Jagdamba Devi
- Bhagwati devi
- Maina Devi
- Lal Bala
Important Centers :
- Madhubani
- Laheria Sarai (Dharbanga)
- Bhawanipur
- Ranchi
International Significance :
Exhibition of Paintings of Shashikala Devi in Japan.
Hasegava (Japanese) built a Mithila repository (museum) in Japan.
Eric Smith (German) has done research works on Madhubani Painting.