Marriage (Doli) - Madhubani Painting - Art by Kiran Devi

Mithila Traditional Art is one among of the most ancient traditional art in India. It was first drawn on the wall during the marriage of Lord Shri Ram with Goddess Sita in Mithila, birth place of Sita. That is why it is called Mithila Traditional Art. But the artists who first draw this painting were from Madhubani (Bihar) district of Mithila, hence called Madhubani Painting.

This scene is showing a very traditional custom in Mithila-Bihar. This is a doli scene. In cities, after a marriage of a girl, she is generally being used to carry in a car from her home to her sasural (her husband’s home). But even today in Mithila, dulhan (newly married girl) have to go to sasural in doli (palaki). These doli is carried by two men on their solder followed by dulha and relatives. Even Goddess Sita came to Ayodhya (birth place of Lord Shri Ram) her sasural on doli according to the custom. Mithila is a place with full of traditional custom where you can find even today a traditional mirror of Incredible India.