Madhubani Local Art Is a Global Draw
Madhubani or Mithila canvases of Bihar (India) like Punjab's phulkari are basically people artworks done by the country ladies of Madhubani region. Situated on the lower regions of the Himalaya in the North, the Ganga in the South and encompassed by the Mahananda in the East and the Gandak in the West, Mithila is spread more than 64,750 square kilometers of the Indo-Gangetic alluvial belt. It is quite possibly of the most fruitful land and in this manner came to be known as Madhubani, the backwoods of honey. The antiquated realm of Mithila is accepted to be the origin of Sita. Tulsidas in Ramayana has given a clear portrayal of how the whole Mithila was finished with paintings portraying Hindu gods and the widely varied vegetation on the event of Sita's marriage. It is accepted that Lord Janaka had requested canvases to be made for his girl's wedding. These remarkable formal paintings have since ages been designing the walls of the houses in the regions of Champaran, Sa