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 …
Every citizen in our country is familiar to the term MITHILA. The first term which pops into a pro- Hindu’s mind, when talked about Mithila, is none other than Maithili, daughter of King Janak of the Videha dynasty. We are very well versed with the role of Mithila in Ramayana, one of the largest ancient …
The artworks of the exhibition “Moolbodh” is related to Mithila in every aspect. Though I have written blogpost on few other artworks but not on the Ram Chatur Mallik. Starting the series of Blogpost associated with the paintings and artworks. This is a consolidated post about Ram Chatur Mallik taken from Wikipedia and Washermans-ajnabi blogpost …
The most awaited project related to madhubani art will soon be exhibited in Delhi NCR by a few artists from Madhubani and Delhi on 12th June 2016 which is totally sponsered by MithilanchalGroup, an initiative of Antiquecraft Private Limited. It is an initiative to provide a platform to the talented artists. The theme for this …
Though I had so many times tried to get attention from the people of mithila through my videos, which I posted on many facebook groups related to activities of maithils containing huge number of maithil members. But I found that most of post got unnoticed or maithil people were not interested in contributing in the …
I had been waiting for a long time to write a travelogue for our website and finally today I got some time to write about the beautiful places having the connection with the history and art styles being used in Mithila. In this post I will write about five places you must visit while travelling …
The toymaking tradition, enjoying a mark of cultural recognition, dates back to the time of Tipu Sultan. Throughout his reign as a treat, Tipu got a piece of woodwork from Persia and he fell in love with it. In the art of wooden toymaking, he is supposed to have invited Persian artisans to teach his …
An Indian musician who played the shehnai with such expressive virtuosity, a ceremonial oboelike North Indian horn, that he became a leading Indian classical music artist. It was regarded as a classical instrument that was called a mere folk instrument. What’s more, it attracted not only Asian music lovers but also made millions of Westerners …