MADHUBANI SILK DUPATTA - Chidya

Theme: Birds

Took about 20 days to handpaint this dupatta.

Size: 2.5mts x 36"

Fabric: Pure Handloom Tussar Silk

Color: Light 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.