In a bid to give basic exposure on Madhubani painting to its students, the Art and Craft College of Baleswar organised a three-day workshop on its campus.
An acclaimed artist of Madhubani Prativa Jha of Bihar offered basics of the one of most popular paintings of India. As many as 60 students attended the programme, which concluded on Friday.
The painting, which originated from a small town of Bihar, Maithili, has gained a huge demand across India due to its unique features. The themes of the paintings surround the Hindu deities , Ram, Sita, Shiva , Durga, laxmi, Saraswati and Krishna, besides natural themes like sun ,moon and tulsi, etc.
During her course of training, Jha narrated the students about the themes and makings of Madhubani painting, including colour combination and placing.
“Madhubani painting has a massive demand in the market. The painting which was once made on the mud walls of houses in rural Bihar, due to its popular acceptance, now has found on the sarees, clothes and apparels. Crossing boundaries of Bihar, now it is reached across the globe because of its unique features.
Jha has earned a distinction in the field by making several paintings. Every year in Delhi, an exhibition is organized to promote and popularize the painting ,” observed Principal Nikunja Bihari Das.
Teachers of the college, Bishnupada Senapati, SS Jena, Manoranjan Jena and Sarita Mohanty coordinated.