The Secret of Symbolism And Spiritality in art

For more than 3000 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. 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 the 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. This book will throw insight into 15 symbols with the deep philosophy and spirituality associated with Mithila Art.