The serene beauty of the black and white Madhubani painting is manifest in the way the painting is being executed. The painting depicts the Lord as Ardhnariswar, half Male and Half Female. The left side is painted as Lord Shiva and the right side Parvati. It shows the duality in every human being. Simple but straight lines are used by the women painters. Madhubani painting is centred around Mithila region of Bihar, where women painters depict mythological and natural figures on cloth, hand-made paper and canvas. This is an age-old tradition and has been handing down from generations to generations.