Religion plays an important role in the lifestyle and tradition of the people of Bihar which is reflected in their paintings of Hindu Mythology. It is the Mithila women who have kept the culture alive especially in painting. Women do most of the Madhubani paintings and their creativity can be experienced in their desire to please their gods and to develop their spirituality.

Women of upper castes mainly do the wall paintings of the Kohbar Ghar, Gosain Ghar and the Aripan Floor paintings. The use of colors would differentiate each from their work. Brahmins use colors like pink, green, yellow, lemon, blue and black. Kayastha painting consist of just black and deep red. Ganga Devi, Mahasundari Devi, Sita Devi and Bani Devi are some of the prominent women artists.

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Patachitra scroll painting comes from the eastern part of India mainly from the state of West Bengal and Bihar. The Bengali scroll Bhil painting tradition is an ancient one, featuring single image paintings or long vertical multi paneled scrolls known as ‘patas’ (paintings) or ‘jorana patas’ (scroll paintings). Painted jorana patas of rural Bengal are one of the few genuine narrative pictorial forms of folk art linked with performance that have survived down to the present century.

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