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    Consider the following statements

    1. It was traditionally created by the women of various communities in the Bihar region of India

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

    3. The painting has ritual content for particular occasions, such as birth or marriage, and festivals.

    Which of the following painting has the mentioned features given above? 

    Warli Painting 

    Incorrect Answer

    Kalamkari painting 

    Incorrect Answer

     Ajanta painting 

    Incorrect Answer

    Madhubani painting

    Correct Answer
    Explanation:

    Explanation:

    • Madhubani art or Mithila art) is practiced in the Mithila region of India and Nepal. Painting is done with fingers, twigs, brushes, nib-pens, and matchsticks, using natural dyes and pigments, and is characterised by 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, Durga Puja.
    • Madhubani painting/Mithila painting was traditionally created by the women of various communities in Mithila region of India and Nepal. It is originated from Madhubani district of Mithila region of Bihar, and it is popularly called Mithila painting or Madhubani painting. Madhubani is also a major export centre of these paintings. This painting as a form of wall art was practiced widely throughout the region; the more recent development of painting on paper and canvas mainly originated among the villages  around Madhubani, and it is these latter developments led to the name Madhubani art being used alongside the name "Mithila Painting." 

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