

It is a custom to make it at three special places of the house, such as the place of worship, the Kohbar Room (Bedroom of married couple) and on the outer walls of the house at weddings or any special celebration. Madhubani paintings are of two types – mural painting and aripan or alpana. Pictures of Hindu deities, natural scenes such as the sun and moon, religious trees and plants like Tulsi and marriage scenes will be seen. In this painting, especially the deity is also depicted. This domestic painting commissioned by the women of Mithila has also been adopted by men.

In the early days, this painting developed into a rangoli, then later this art gradually descended into modern form on clothes, walls and paper. Jitwarpur village in Madhubani district is the main center of this folk painting. It is a prominent painting of Mithilanchal region such as Darbhanga in Bihar, Madhubani and some areas of Nepal. So here we are trying to list some popular folk paintings form in India

Any cast or tribe whose folk and cultural arts tradition coming from generations to generation are called folk art.ĭifferent provinces and states of India which have diverse forms of art culture having a unique folk paintings specified to that particular region. India is an ancient state where art and culture is rooted in the soul of all people The coordination of art and culture seen here will not happen in any other country of the world.įolk art is the real mirror of folk cultural traditions of any region or place.
