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PaintingGI Tagged · 2006-07
Madhubani Painting
TownMadhubani
StateBihar
Craft typePainting
GI tag2006-07
About
A vivid folk painting style traditionally created by women on freshly mud-plastered walls and floors during festivals and weddings, using natural dyes and pigments to depict deities, nature and courtly scenes in bold double-line borders.
Did you know? Madhubani painting was virtually unknown outside its home region until a devastating 1966 earthquake and subsequent drought led artists to transfer their wall art onto paper for the first time to earn income — accidentally launching it onto the global art stage.