Madhubani Painting - Bihar

Dear All,
Namksar,

I always feel that there are lots of misconception about Bihar & Bihari people among rest of the Indians. And specially among those who never visited Bihar or never lived with any Bihari.

From today onward I would like to share some pictures of Bihar with my dear bloggers

Thanks & Regards


P.S.:: Sorry, if anything wrong. No offence.
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This is an attempt to show you a folk art of Madhubani, Bihar. This painting is called 'Madhubani Painting'.

A refreshingly different folk art Madhubani paintings. Rural Bihari women who never heard of Picasso, make three dimensional imageries using vegetable colors on cow dung treated paper.

Madhubani Paintings are an indigenous art form of a quaint village of Bihar. Here the women of the village maintain a matriarchal dominance over the craft . They paint figures from nature and myth on household and village walls to mark the seasonal festivals,
for special events of the life-cycle, and when marriages are being arranged they prepare intricately designed wedding proposals , and the technique of painting is safely and zealously guarded by the women of this village, for it is to be passed on by a mother to her daughter.

Women of this village have been practicing this art form for centuries but it came to the forefront only in the 1960s, when a drought hit the area and people had to think of an alternative non agricultural source of earning. Selling these traditional paintings on handmade paper was the best alternative. And today they are one of the most celebrated Folk Arts of the world.

Themes of Madhubani Paintings

Most Madhubani Paintings mostly feature nature related themes. Mythological figures also find great prominence in these paintings. Hindu deities like Krishna, Rama, Siva, Durga, Lakshmi and Saraswati are the most common subjects of Madhubani Painters.

Apart from deities the women also paint celestial subjects like Sun and Moon. The holy Tulsi plant is also regularly featured in these paintings. These paintings also act as a visual record of court scenes, wedding scenes and social happenings. Intricate floral, animal and bird motifs, and symmetrical geometric designs fill up the gaps. Since this intricate skill is handed down the generations, traditional designs and patterns are widely maintained .

Enjoy the pictures.....



Pair of Parrot





Lord Krishna Teases.......




Women at Work



Guess Who.....



See the background also...


Blessing of Sun




Depiction of Palanquin





Sssssshhhhh.......................





Lord Shiva




Some Artist of Madhubani Paitings


Batohi Jha Mahasundari Devi & Pushpa Kumari




Vidya Devi Seema Kumari


These listed artists are a few only. You can find places where all family even whole village is doing Madhubani Painting from generations.

You can purchase Madhubani Paintings online from various websites.

Thanks for visiting & your time.

Regards

Karnatak Band - A Dog View

Morning 8am........... Bow-wow..... He was barking like anything......Bow-wow........... Booooooooooowwwwwwww.... woooww.......

Suddenly he saw one trying to enter his area.... He ran there, lifted his leg....................... with Booowww-wooowww..... go away, go away.... Wait yaar wait.... another one requested.... but, he insisted... gurrrrrrrr-gurrrrrrrr... bowwww............. come on yaar listen me..... I just want to inquire about ur side.. he also lifeted his leg & ............. marked his area......... See I just want to know why no people are coming to my area from ur area.. is there any party or anything like that........... Hunhh... First u tell me what is going on ur side... from your side also no one is coming see if u want partisan I don't have any problem, bcaz my area is self-sufficient........... Booooooowwwwwww..... Boooooowwww.....wowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww.... ha ha..... ha....I know u always jealous of me, u just can't see my royality.. Stop yaar.... nothing like that.... see I inquired from other neighbors also, they also told me that situation is same in their area also... what the matter Man............ boooow -wowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww...... O, is it so? It means something is really serious.... ok... let me check..... Hey, u also come with me..... Both of them started walking..... they went toward N garden then they also visited P. Circle. They looked at each other.... hunnnhhh something really serious yaar..... Suddenly they saw some people carrying flags & shouting slogans..... Both looked at each other & took one corner....... Bow-wow....... Boooooowwwww-wwwwwwooooooowwwwwwwww......

Hey Man..... I got it yaar...... hey today is Bandh yaar..... Karnataka Bandh ha ha ha.......... Bbbbbbbbbbbbboooooooooooooowwwwwwwwwww- bbbbbooooooowwwwwwwwwww - wwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwooooooooooowwwwwwwwwwwww................................... Hey, come we will go for long walk today with our children.... no accident yaar... nothing to worry..... . just come... hey, u go back to ur area & tell ur neighbors to celebrate it....... & remember we will meet at St. Q circle around 11 am. Then we will go to nearby restaurant in market & then we will also show our children all the adjacent areas, so that they can become familiar with these area... Yes, yaar u r true.... Ok... yaar C U again at St. Q. Circle.......

Bow-wow.................. Bowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww..... Bowwwww..... Wwwooww.....

Till then Haapy Bandh......

Living on Live Valcano - Jharia, Part1

It was Dec,2004. I was in Jharia, Dhanbad (Jharkhand) for my 1 month long examinations. We were al-together 5-6 frdns. So, we took on room in Upari Rajabari with the help of Baiju (son of my father's frnd).
As per my interest, soon I started mingling with locals there. I can't forget the facts they told me. I saw one hole on main road near Jharia bus stand. Thick smoke was coming out on 24x7x365 basis. I was not able to understand, what is really going on??? Why ppl are living there??
Locals told me that govt. has already ordered to evacuate Jharia. But, then why people are living there.?
After some interaction with Baiju he promised me to show some Valcano (???) areas. The whole night I was not able to sleep & imagining what would be the scene there ( I was making imagination based on the stories told by locals there).

I was fully ready to go there. The first thing Baiju shown me was Jharia Railways Station which was closed due to frequent non-alignment of tracks & so on. Then we reached one area where nothing was there but Black Ashes. Smokes were coming out from each & every place. Hey.... what is this..... what those guys are doing there/?????? Oh............. My god....... come on............. they are playing cricket.....
The first question came to my mind was Where these guys are living??? Will u beleive they all were living there only... They shown me there houses.... There were hardly any home in which somke was not coming out form small or big hole...

I started thinking Does these scenes matching to my imaginations........ No way... I think locals were very poor in explaing the right picture...like me only......