This Straw Painting depicts the face of Hindu Goddess Durga and is completely handmade. It feels like Devi is lively present all around.
Dussehra is one of the most important festivals in Hindu tradition. It is an auspicious occasion and it signifies the victory of good over evil.
The Navaratri festival eulogizes this battle between Mahishasura and Durga, culminating in Vijaya Dasami, a celebration of his ultimate defeat.
Today still the exquisite straw painting survived and made its own place at national and international forums due to the tireless effort and great determination of a few artisans with their passion, dedication, hard work, and continuous effort.
If you look at the painting carefully you can feel applications of multiple colors but in reality, it's completely natural. By withstanding different climatic conditions like scorching heat of the sun, torrential rain and chilling winter the straw changed its color into different shades of yellow and brown. By handpicking these straws carefully and processing them for the preparation of straw painting.
