Context: With shortage of masks making it difficult to follow the latest directive on the need to wear one when stepping out of the house, artists in Madhubani are attempting to make a contribution by making masks with paintings.
About Madhubani Art

• Madhubani art (or Mithila painting) is a style of Indian painting, practiced in the Mithila region of the Indian subcontinent. 
• This painting is done with a variety of tools, including fingers, twigs, brushes, nib-pens, and matchsticks and using natural dyes and pigments.
• It is characterised by its eye-catching geometrical patterns. There is ritual content for particular occasions, such as birth or marriage, and festivals, such as Holi, Surya Shasti, Kali Puja, Upanayana, and Durga Puja.
• Madhubani art has five distinctive styles: Bharni, Kachni, Tantrik, Godna and Kohbar.? 
• Madhubani painting (Mithila painting) was traditionally created by the women of various communities in the Mithila region. 
• It originated from Madhubani district of the Mithila region of Bihar. Madhubani is also a major export center of these paintings. 
• The paintings were traditionally done on freshly plastered mud walls and floors of huts, but now they are also done on cloth, handmade paper and canvas. Madhubani paintings are made from the paste of powdered rice. Madhubani painting has received GI (Geographical Indication) status. 
• These paintings use two-dimensional imagery, and the colors used are derived from plants which mostly depict people and their association with nature and scenes and deities from the ancient epics.
• Natural objects like the sun, the moon, and religious plants like tulsi are also widely painted, along with scenes from the royal court and social events like weddings.Generally, no space is left empty; the gaps are filled by paintings of flowers, animals, birds, and even geometric designs.