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A Madhubani artist at work, painting at a craft fair
Painting · East India

Madhubani: The Painted Walls of Mithila

From the mud walls of Mithila to museums in Japan, Madhubani painting is a women's art of gods, fish, and weddings that has survived two and a half millennia by never leaving home.

Madhubani, Bihar · November 4, 2026