For more than 3,000 years, Mithila painting has stayed inside the bastion of its womenfolk, who inherited their customs from their moms or grandmas. The art was an essential part of their everyday tradition. The Mithila women have drawn on walls of their unassuming houses and on mud floors to turn away cataclysmic events, protect their crops and prosperity of their family.

Unfortunately, people in India denigrate Mithila Art as mere a folk art, but it has deep philosophy instilled with aesthetic merit. The Mithila art form is not for mere entertainment, alleviation of anxiety or utility, but for purification of personality to equip it for ‘rasavadana’, akin to the tasting of flavour of being in God.

The trees, animals, ponds, all elements of the universe brought into a livelier relationship with human assembly these paintings are part of India’s rich cultural heritage with its multicultural ethos. Mithila art is timeless; it existed thousands of years ago, it is prevalent today, and will continue in the future. If we consider other art movements, every art movement lived for a limited period. With the change of society, the art form changed. Today many art styles have lost their existence and they find a place in the pages of history books. But this has not happened with Mithila art, because this Art originates from people’s social life, its connection with spirituality and divinity. For centuries this art was a source of expression and freedom of thought for women.

This book will throw insight on 15 symbols with the deep philosophy and spirituality associated with Mithila Art.