The painted soul of Mithila.

Madhubani — or Mithila — painting was born in the Mithila region of Bihar and Nepal more than two thousand years ago. By tradition it was painted by women, on freshly plastered walls and floors, to bless weddings, festivals and the gods.

Its colours came from the earth itself — lamp-black and ochre, turmeric yellow, indigo blue, vermillion red and the green of leaves. Its brushes were twigs, matchsticks, nib-pens and fingers. Nothing was wasted; no space left empty.

Today this GI-tagged art lives on paper, on canvas — and, at Rangreza Thread, on the drapes you can wear. The wall has become cloth; the blessing travels with you.