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One thing which gives proud to all people who lives in Madhubani, as it put Madhubani on the global recognition is Mithila Painting. I was aware of the Mithila Paintings since long time. But in 2004, when I had gone Madhubani to tie a knot with my dream girl, during that time I came in contact with a person who was doing the Mithila Painting as a profession, and my interest in Mithila Painting started deepening. And then again when I went to Madhubani this year, 2009, in Feb-Mar, is when I got time to meet with the real maestro in this field of Mithila Painting. The maestro to whom I visited lives in Ranti, village of Madhubani. It is hardly 15 minutes on bike from Madhubani Bus Stand.
I reached their home, on 6-Mar-2009. The photo of their room from outside is shown below. You will guess the prowess of the art work of these maestro by knowing that they have grabbed 3 Rastrapati Awards. Recently last year in Dec 15, Mrs. Bibha Das who is the Bahu, daughter-in-law of Mrs. Mahasundri Devi, has grabbed the Rastrapati Award.
Mahasundri Devi is the first lady to won the Rastrapati Award in 1961 for Mithila Artwork. So you can be sure that this is the right place, to know about this art work. When I saw the artwork of these great ladies, I was just got astonished. The works are really the nice work. The Mithila Painting has one unique concept of filling the art with fine lines and not the complete color painting. This type of art is called "Sujuni". This is the uniqueness of this art work which keeps it separate from the other artwork.
The popularity and the global recognition of this art work is evident from the fact that the homes of these maestro has been visited by foreign tourist from 66 countries. Some good number of these foreign tourist have stayed with these maestro in their homes, to learn about this art work.
My father-in-law was saying that, there were times when, they were living in hut, and with this god given, talent they are now living a normal life, quite decent considering the village in which they live.
So, it is necessary now to give you glimpse of the Mithila Paintings, these are the work done by these ladies and, I have taken the permission to display it here. The sole purpose is to promote their work:

The beauty of the Mithila Painting is now spreading and being popular around the globe. The work in not only done on the paper but on the cloths, ceramic etc. also. Below is the work of yet another lady named Mrs. Punam Jha, she has crafted the Mithila Painting on the silk cloths shown below.