10 Facts About Godawari Dutta

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Godawari Dutta is an Indian painter, well known for Madhubani Painting and patron of Mithila Kala Vikas Samiti.

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Godawari Dutta was awarded India's fourth highest civilian award the Padma Shri.

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Godawari Dutta was born in the mid-1920 in Bahadurpur village, Darbhanga district, Bihar, India, she was taught painting by her mother, Subhadra Devi, who herself was an artist.

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Godavari Dutta got married in 1947 and she gave birth to a son whom she had to raise by herself.

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Godawari Dutta founded the Mithila Kala Viaks Samiti on December 21,1983, an NGO that aims fight poverty and to promote Madhubani Painting and by training women in the art, and provide a basic education.

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In doing so Godawari Dutta has involved village women in Mithila painting and helped them to be financially independent.

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Godawari Dutta formed a village committee to promote girls' education.

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Godawari Dutta started at six years old with paintings on walls and started to use paper only in 1971.

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Godawari Dutta is well versed in the Kayashta style of Mithila paintings that favours black and white contrasts.

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Godavari Godawari Dutta has trained teachers, as well as students under the government scheme “Center for cultural resources and training”.

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