Art and Crafts

The state of Bihar is rich in arts and crafts.

Madhubani Paintings

The Madhubani paintings were done by the village women of Mithila with vegetable dyes on the walls. But once when they were encouraged by an artist these ladies started making their paintings on paper. The paintings normally are made of village scenes, human and animal forms, god and goddess. The Madhubani painting is very famous all over the country.


Bihar is also famous for stone pottery, white metal statuettes, bamboo artifacts, wooden toys and leather goods. Infact, Bihar export leather footwear in large quantities wood inlay is another ancient craft quite famous here, and specific to Patna city.

Several villages around Vaishali make delightful home made toys. Sikki Work is done by weaving the humble blade of grass into beautiful baskets and mats. Lac bangles are also prepared in Muzaffarpur city of Bihar.