District · Himalayan Terai
West Champaran
The wild side of Bihar.
Bihar’s only tiger reserve, Valmiki forest — sal groves, Gandak river bends, Tharu villages and the last stretch of terai before Nepal.
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Music
Beyond the obvious
Places.
Valmiki Tiger Reserve
900 sq km of sal forest along the Nepal border.
Voices worth knowing
People.
Kavita Jha
Ecologist
Field biologist tracking Valmiki’s tiger corridors and one of the few voices insisting that Bihar has a forest at all.
On the table
Food.
Kadhi-Bari
Buttermilk curry with fried gram-flour balls, cooked slow.
Sounds of this district
Music.
Folk · Traditional
Jhumar of the Tharu
Tharu community, Valmiki
A group dance-song of the Tharu people of the terai forests.
