Madhubani Painting Villages
Wall painting done by women of the Mithila region for weddings, moved onto paper only in the 1960s drought.
- Where
- Madhubani, Bihar, India
- Grade
- Local gem
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site
- Coordinates
- 26.3500, 86.0700
Get the Madhubani Painting Villages stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Madhubani Painting Villages. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your Bihar volume with your photos and a note.
Near Madhubani Painting Villages
Darbhanga Fort 27 km
The Darbhanga Raj's fort, also called Rambagh, walled round the palace inside it.
Janaki Mandir 45 km
A great white temple to Sita in Janakpur, the city where she is said to have been born and married Rama. Three storeys of stone and marble cover nearly 1,500 square metres, and it is the heart of the old Mithila country's pilgrim trail.
Janaki Mandir Sitamarhi 63 km
Where Sita is said to have been found in the furrow.
Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve 98 km
Reed beds and freshwater marshes on the floodplain of the Kosi River, spread over 176 square kilometres of the eastern Terai. Protected since 1976 and a Ramsar site since 1987, it shelters Nepal's last herd of wild water buffalo and great flocks of water birds.
Vaishali 102 km
Where the Buddha preached last and the republic met first.
Halesi Maratika Caves 108 km
A cave temple in the hills of Khotang, holy to three faiths at once. Hindus worship Shiva here as Halesi Mahadev, Buddhists honour it as the cave of Padmasambhava, and the Kirati Rai regard it as the home of their ancestors.
Vikramshila Setu 109 km
Four and a half kilometres of bridge across the Ganga at Bhagalpur, named for the university that once stood nearby.
Sonepur Cattle Fair Ground 115 km
The ground of the largest cattle fair in Asia, empty for most of the year and enormous for a fortnight.
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Questions
Where is Madhubani Painting Villages?
Madhubani Painting Villages is in Madhubani, Bihar. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Darbhanga Fort (27 km), Janaki Mandir (45 km), Janaki Mandir Sitamarhi (63 km).
How do I get the Madhubani Painting Villages stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Madhubani Painting Villages and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Bihar volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Madhubani Painting Villages before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Bihar volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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