00:00My name is Manisha Jha. I am from Satlakha village, Madhubani district. I live in Delhi.
00:11I have been making Mithila paintings for the last 40 years. I am the founder of Madhubani
00:18Art Centre, which promotes Madhubani paintings in Delhi.
00:23This workshop is a very special workshop in itself.
00:28Because here we are all making paintings on Sita Mahiya, doing embroidery, doing applique.
00:36So we are all working on Sita Mahiya.
00:39I have made two paintings in this workshop.
00:42One painting is called From Earth to Earth, in which I have shown Sita Mahiya going to earth.
00:50This is a very magical scene.
00:55When two very talented boys, Ram and Lakshman, stop the horse of the Ashwamedha Yajna.
01:06And defeat the whole army.
01:08Then Ram and Lakshman themselves come to see who is such a talented boy.
01:14When they come to see Sita Mahiya, they understand that they are her sons.
01:19At that time, Ram and Lakshman feel very happy.
01:25And they request Sita Mahiya to come with them.
01:28But they again put a condition, that there will be a kind of test.
01:33So this thing touches Sita Mahiya from within.
01:37And she says that if I am pure, then at this time, I should settle on earth.
01:42And at the same time, Prithvi Maa takes her daughter back.
01:49She sits on her lap.
01:51And I have shown in Love Kush, that they try to catch their mother.
01:56Because for children, the mother is the most important.
01:59So this is a very important scene of Ramayana.
02:05I believe in Ramayana that Sita Mahiya was a woman who chose her life by herself.
02:17So in English, it was called the girl who chose.
02:20I am making this painting in natural color.
02:23I have painted the canvas with cow dung.
02:26And I am making this painting on the Lankan festival.
02:29So this is also a very interesting scene.
02:31Hanuman ji finds Sita Mahiya and goes to Ashok Vatika.
02:37He talks to her.
02:39And then he takes Chudavani from her.
02:42And then he thinks that he should meet Ravan.
02:45So he picks up all the trees.
02:48Akshay Kumar, son of Ravan, is sent there.
02:52And he is killed.
02:54Then Indrajit comes, who was the past mother-in-law of Brahma.
02:58So he ties Hanuman ji to Brahmapash.
03:03Hanuman ji could have broken it.
03:05But Brahma ji had a lot of respect.
03:08So he did not break Brahmapash.
03:10And he drags him to Ravan's court in Lanka.
03:14So in my painting, you will be able to see Ravan's court.
03:18And Ravan tells him to kill him.
03:21But Vibhishan says at that time that we cannot kill any messenger.
03:26So he sets his tail on fire.
03:28So he sets his tail on fire.
03:30But Brahmapash is not broken.
03:32And he comes out in a subtle form and sets Lanka on fire.
03:40And on one side I have shown that Sita Mahiya is worshipping fire.
03:44So she tells Agni Devta to become a cool fire.
03:48So Hanuman ji does not burn.
03:50But Lanka burns.
03:52So this is my painting.
03:54And on top of it, you will see a very big Hanuman ji flying.
03:57Who is taking Chudamani to Lord Ram.
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