This is a holy land, a land that has nurtured religion, culture and art since the dawn of civilization. Seta, lord rama’s consort, was born in bihar. Emperor ashoka founded pataliputra or what is present day patna in 270 BC and formulated his tenets of governabce. Gautam Buddha attained nirvana under the bodhi tree in bodhgaya and founded Buddhism 2,500 years ago. It is here that lord mahavira founded Jainism and attained nirvana. Kautilya, the author of arthashastra, the first treatise on the modern science of economics, lived here. Guru gobind singh, the tenth and the last sikh guru, was born here and attained sainthood. Bihar has much more to offer the intrepid tourist: from the science splendour of the foothills of the Himalayas to forests and plateaus, fairs and festivals, and a diverse range of art and craft. The state’s most famous export is madhubani paintings-orginally humble expressions of the sheer creativity of the rural women, these wall-paintings by the women of mithila today adorn homes all over the world.
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