Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday highlighted Gujarat's long-standing tradition of welcoming people from across the country and the world, and emphasized that the state has always embraced diverse ideologies and lifestyles.
Siddhartha Gautama spent almost his entire life after thirty working and wandering on foot in the Gangetic plain. He along with other monks travelled in cities and towns of this heartland and also in forests. The householders watched the wandering monks in orange robes on the streets to collect daily food. The four months of rains were the only deterrent.
Once done on walls and roofs, limited to festivals or weddings, the Mithila painting, or Madhubani, changed drastically down the years. Now, it is seen not only on paper but has got a place on clothes and home furnishing
