Ganga Devi, the acclaimed artist, suggests that Kohbar art was brought from walls to paper in the 1960s, a time characterized by drastically higher use of paper in the Mithila region. Heinz ...

Let’s travel back in time to the Mithila region of Bihar and Nepal that gave birth to one of the most vibrant art forms in the ... ated during weddings in kohbar ghar or marriage chambers ...

Expect a captivating exploration of Mithila's rich cultural heritage ... The various styles of Madhubani painting, such as Tantrik, Kohbar, Bharni, Godna, and Katchni, each have their own unique ...

An iconic Madhubani-style work of a kohbar ghar (a bride’s nuptial ... The work was an example of a painting from Bihar’s Mithila region where there is a tradition of painting the walls ...

In 2019, when she was awarded Padma Shri, the Rashtrapati Bhavan’s Twitter handle aptly noted: “A Mithila artist, she has contributed to promoting the traditional art form and has been ...

"We will ask her (Ganga Devi's) relative Shanti Devi, who has painted here earlier, to do another painting. Yeh utna serious damage ... only example of a complete iconographic rendering of Mithila's ...

The paintings are usually prominently displayed in the puja room, or the kohbar-- the room where a newly married couple spend their first night. For the Mithila women, their art is a community ...