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ORIGINThe origins fo Madhubani Painting are shrouded inantiquity, and a tradition states that this style of paintingoriginated at the time of the Ramayana, when King Janakcommissioned artists to do paintings at the time of marriageof his daughter SITA, to Hindu Lord Ram.Madhubani Painting has been done traditionally by thewomen of villages around the present town Madhubani, theliteral meaning of which is forest of honey and the areas ofMithila.W.G.Archer, I.C.S., then S.D.O., Madhubani brought thesepaintings to the attention of outside world after the greatBihar Earthquake in 1934.
ORIGINThe All India Handicrafts Board, encouraged thewomen of Madhubani to paint on paper instead ofWalls and Floor to facilitate the sale of paintingsOutstanding Artists such as Jagadamba Devi. SitaDevi, Mahasundari Devi, Ookha Devi, Baua Devi andKarpoori Devi and many more were discovered.Credit goes to Puppul Jayakar, Bhaskar Kulkarni,Upendra Maharathi and Lalit Narayan Mishra forpopularising the painting both in country and abroad.
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