MADHUBANI SILK DUPATTA - Khushi

Theme: Happiness

This dupatta is a work of two artisans hence a mix of artforms -

1. Took about 20 days to handpaint this dupatta. 
2. 5 days to do Sozni hand embroidery

Dancing Peacocks and Village ladies as motifs.

Size: 2.5mts x 36"

Fabric: Pure Handloom Tussar Silk

Color: Beige base with multicolored painting 

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Madhubani painting or Mithila painting is a style of Indian painting, practiced in Mithila region of Bihar state, India.

Madhubani painting tradition started when Raja Janak commissioned local artists to paint murals in his palace in preparations for the marriage of his daughter Sita to Lord Ram.

Painting is done with fingers, twigs, brushes, nib-pens, and matchsticks, using natural dyes and pigments, and is characterized by eye-catching geometrical patterns.