Hidden gem · Begusarai
Kanwar Lake
Asia's largest oxbow lake, and a Ramsar wetland
All regionsMithila
Mithila
Madhubani painting, Darbhanga's palaces, the great oxbow lake.
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Hidden gem · Darbhanga
Darbhanga
Palaces of the Mithila Raj, in the land of Madhubani
Hidden gem · Sitamarhi
Sitamarhi
Where Sita was found in a furrow
Hidden gem · Madhubani
Madhubani
The town that paints its walls
Hidden gem · Saharsa
Ugratara, Mahishi
A Tantric goddess and a philosopher's village on the Kosi
Hidden gem · Darbhanga
Kusheshwar Asthan
A Shiva temple and a bird wetland in the Kosi backwaters
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