23/12/2025
Day 3 of Premametta study tour. We visited the organization/school that is dedicated to preserving the tradition of Madhubani painting and supporting women. Here, girls and women learn to paint, create artwork, and sell it.
The works of the award-winning veteran artists are, of course, wonderful, but the works of the students here, while still somewhat immature, are also charming and captivating. The advantage of buying here is that you know who the artist is, each painting has the artist's name on it, and the names of the artists whose paintings are sold are recorded in a notebook so that the money reaches them.
We were happy to buy the paintings.
We are happy to see the joyful faces of artists.
It feels like I can see a cycle of happiness, which makes me happy.
I feel like I can create a positive cycle through this kind of meaningful spending.
This is one of the things I want the people participating in the tour to experience as well.
Next, we visited the Rajnagar Palace.
This is a historic palace that belonged to the Brahmin royal family, known for its architecture and cultural significance.
This palace was built in the 17th century by Maharaja Rameshwar Singh of Darbhanga. The palace was severely damaged in the 1934 earthquake and has not been rebuilt since. The fact that it looks like it could collapse at any moment is also beautiful, but there are requests for restoration for preservation purposes, but these have not been fulfilled so far.
In addition to the palace, there are several temples, and the temple dedicated to the goddess Kali is made of marble.
The last visiting place was Madhubani Station.
The Madhubani paintings covering the wall of the station are absolutely wonderful!
The station is under construction for renovation, I hope that the current station building and the paintings will remain.