Mithila artists wield brush to transform Madhubani Railway station
A beautiful transformation
Once looked upon as one of the dirtiest railway stations in India, Madhubani in Bihar now sports a completely different look. Courtesy 200 artists who over a period of two months painted the station's walls in traditional Mithila style. The rich artistic and cultural legacy of Madhubani region has contributed its transformation to one of the cleanest stations in the country now.
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Traditional art
Mithila paintings are done with fingers, twigs, brushes, nib-pens and matchsticks. Artists use natural dyes and pigments to make geometrical patterns.
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Mega participation
More than 225 artists, 80 per cent of them women, volunteered to paint the station free of cost. Divisional Railway Manager Samastipur R.K. Jain said it was a unique initiative of the Indian Railways to experiment with local artists voluntarily painting the works in a short span of two months.
The artist painted total wall area of more than 14,000 sq ft has been fully painted with various themes under traditional Mithila painting style. A senior railway official supervising the project, Gannath Mishra, said given the total length of the wall painted, it was a kind of world record set by the local artists.
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Striking beauty
The uniqueness of the railway station strikes all as soon as they step inside it as almost each and every corner of the junction is now adorned with elegant paintings.
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'Cleanest railway station'
Sulabh International founder Bindeshwar Pathak, who felicitated all the artists at a function few days ago, described the station as as one of the cleanest railway stations in the country.
