Mithila celebrates its scores of religious festivals and fairs of great local fervor. Each festival is unique in style and is characterised by colour, gaiety, enthusiasm, feasts and heterogeneity of prayers and rituals. Need not to mention traditional Nepelese and Indian festivals like Ramnavami, Dassehra, Diwali and Holi are also feted with great extravaganza in …
Maithili sounds sweet and soft to outsiders, who often cannot tell whether an argument is taking place. The Mithila region is rich with culture and traditions. People respect their parents, believe in peaceful life and have a strong belief in God. They worship the goddess of Power Durga. Every home of Mithila has own God …
Writing after a long time, taken out some time for the thing which I love to do : blogging. I am not an influencial blogger but whatever I am writing today is having a special purpose- A step towards giving Maithili cinema an international recognition. I don’t know much about cinema but I have not …
I am going to write another blog post today. This is about two personalities whose works are close to my heart. One is Lakshmi, who studied at Mithila Art Institute, Madhubani, and was working for nearly two years. I know the competence of the teachers teaching at MAI. But I was bowled by the artworks …
Chhatihar: On the sixth day of birth. Shashthika (Sathi) Bhagwati is worshiped in the evening on a special alpana. The mother and child wear new yellow clothes.Things required are: Purhar Patil, Deep, Earthen pot, Fan made of bamboo (beeain), Kajrauta, Shahi Kant, Knife, Chura, lava, paper, red ink. Namkaran: On the 11th or 12th day …
One of the interesting aspect about the Raja Janak is that he has been shown as the Father of Sita(Vaidehi) in Ramayan but not much is said about his Vedhehi State(Avastha). It is later on Ved Vyas said in the Baghwat. We have to see the interdependency of these two Rishis in these aspects. The …