Shops and premises

The Bhagalpur silk lofts of Nathnagar and ChampanagarBhagalpur

Tussar, ghicha and matka silk by the metre

Buy where the looms are audible. Much of what is sold as Bhagalpuri elsewhere is power-loom viscose with the same texture and none of the fibre.

Manjusha artists of BhagalpurBhagalpur

Painted panels and boxes in the three-colour Manjusha idiom

A small number of practising families; the traditional work is sequential, so a single panel is an excerpt from a story.

Zardalu mango orchardsBhagalpur

The Zardalu mango, in season from late May

A short season and a small crop; it does not travel well, which is why it is barely known outside Bihar.

Katarni chura millsBanka and Bhagalpur

Aromatic flattened rice

The makhana mandis of Purnia and KatiharPurnia

Raw and popped makhana by grade

Kishanganj tea factoriesKishanganj

CTC tea from smallholder leaf