Mithla Painting in Bihar: iMithila girl practitioner explains the art

From the archive record

Ruchi Jha who is founder of iMithila says "In iMithila we work on traditional mithila art form and use it in a modern day usage product. Mithila painting is originally from Mithlanchal which was northern part of Bihar and Nepal earlier.. Mithalanchal is considered as one of the oldest civilisation of the world. It was oldest democracy of the world as well. Mithlanchal has always been land of acharyas or learned men. Chanakya was from same region. " The imithila team is a unique blend of woman folk artists spread in over twenty villages of Mithilanchal, dedicated team and industry focused new generation visionary entrepreneurs. Most of the imithila apparels are also hand woven by weavers of Mithilanchal belt. In modern times these are popularly known as Madhubani Painting and Tussar Silk