[4] She was born in 1928 in Mithila in the Indian state of Bihar in a Kayastha family and took to the traditional painting craft, specialising in the kachni (line drawing) style.
[6] In the 1980s, Ganga Devi painted the famous mural Kohbar Ghar or bridal nuptial chamber at the Crafts Museum in Delhi.
[8] When Ganga Devi was still a child, she was handed her first brush by her mother, which was made of rice straw and a few threads drawn from the hem of her sari.
Source:[11] She created a series of paintings depicting the famous Indian epic, the Ramayana, employing a palette of subtle colors.
However, her life changed when she was commissioned by a French art collector to create several paintings, a collaboration that marked the beginning of a significant expansion in her career.