• Dr. Jawahar Lal
• Sanjeet Kumar

Present study was done in two villages of Madhubani such as Jitwarpur and Ranti to evaluate the types of Madhubani painting, the number of females involved in it, the type of painting and the income they are getting from this profession. During survey the women belonging to different castes, the painting designs of the different cost and prices of different paintings were also studied. It was also informed by the villagers that these women had neither education nor formal training in the painting. Here the art of painting was handed down from one generation to next. In the process there have been slight changes and embellishment, but basic style has remained largely unchanged. It was further revealed by the older people that earlier the upper castes women were sticking in the painting of mythological and religious themes. They were painting the prominent figures of Ramayana, Mahabhartra and other God and Goddess. Similarly, the Harijans who were earlier called Chamar and Dusadh incorporated their own mythologies in their painting. They painted the image of Salhesa an important divinity in the Dusadh community. It was also gathered after interaction that they also depict different events like birth, marriage pictures of nature in their paintings. They demonstrated certain painting, from which it was concluded that the central themes of the most painting was love, devotion and fertility, though there was variation in the approach. They had painting of fish, parrot, elephant, turtle as symbol of fertility and prosperity. It also included painting of Sun and Moon, bamboo trees and Lotus flowers. The divine beings are positioned centrally in the frame. Similarly, human figures are mostly abstract and linear in form. It was further observed that these traditional artists still make different colours themselves by extracting them from the parts of different plant, such as leaves, flowers and barks etc. the black colour is extracted from roasted seeds and woods. First they were limited to religious painting, but it was revealed that they are painting the out of Kohbar, Doli and Kahar, the scene of departure of the married girls from their parents house, the birds particularly parrots, pigeons and peacock, the natural scene such as sunset, the rainy season, rainbow, leaves and flowers, the deer, well dressed young girl, old women etc. When these traditional painter, changed their style and subject of the paints they are getting better return, because in addition to Hindu customers there are foreigners also. Painting of pillow cover, bed sheet, purse & bag all are attracting customers of different age groups and religions.

Madhubani Painting, Jitwarpur, Ranti, Mythology, Prosperity, Fertility, Nature, Doli & Kahar.

"Geographical study of Madhubani painting in context of women empowerment in Mithila region", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no.619-629, June-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1906529.pdf

"Geographical study of Madhubani painting in context of women empowerment in Mithila region", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no. pp619-629, June-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1906529.pdf