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JWDC
Janakpur Women's Development Center

Maithil Paintings, an Exhibition

Janakpur is now famous for its colorful paintings on paper, yet this "tradition" began in the first days of the JWDC when, under a grant from the Ella Lyman Cabot Trust, a talented group of women were selected to learn how to transfer their wall designs to paper. They travelled from their villages to the Center in Janakpur where, without losing their originality, they developed skills in composition as well as in the use of color and line

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Four Camels

Spotted Tiger

Four Camels

Spotted Tiger

Red Tigers with Birds

Pregnant Elephants

Red Tigers with Birds

Pregnant Elephants

Bamboo Khobar

Pregnant Hen

Coiled Peacocks

Pregnant Hen

Spotted Elephants

Child Birth Scene

Spotted Elephants

Women and minahs pick lentils

Peacocks with Hukkha

Marriage Ceremony of Ram and Sita

Peacocks with Hukkha

Marriage Ceremony of Ram and Sita

Women with Fishes

Animals

Women with Fishes

Bicycling to JWDC

Peacocks under a tree

Four Birds

Bus carrying goats for the Dasain festival Four Birds

Moon and Faces

Fish Aripana

Moon and Faces Fish Aripana

Peacock with Hukka

Ekadashi Aripana

Peacock with Hukka Fish Swimming in the Janakpur pond

Fish and Leaves

Aripana

Fish and Leaves

Aripana

Scene of Child Birth

Scene of Child Birth

Godhna Design Bamboo Khobar Two Tigers
Godhna Design Bamboo Khobar Two Tigers
Ganesh Tortoise Vishnu in Turtle form
Ganesh Tortoise Vishnu in Turtle form

all text &  images © Janakpur Women's Development Center


Asian Arts | Exhibitions
 Introduction to Exhibition