Madhubani art is said to date back to the time of the Ramayana. According to legend, King Janaka, father of Sita, commissioned artists to paint his daughter’s wedding with Rama on the walls of his ...

Pattachitra is a traditional painting style from Odisha and West Bengal. The word “patta” means cloth, and “chitra” means picture. These paintings are made on cloth prepared with natural materials.The ...

Madhubani painting the heart of Mithila has a 2,500-year-old cultural memory tracing back to the wedding of Ram and Sita and has travelled a long way from the mud walls of Mithila to museum galleries ...

Panaji: Madhubani artist Mamta Bharti, who hails from Patna, has been in Goa for the first time, managing Shikha’s Karigari stall offering a painting, few colours and a brush to indulge into famous ...