Culture
Culture is the characteristics and knowledge of a particular group of people, encompassing language, religion, cuisine, social habits, music and arts.
The Center for Advance Research on Language Acquisition goes a step further, defining culture as shared patterns of behaviors and interactions, cognitive constructs and understanding that are learned by socialization. Thus, it can be seen as the growth of a group identity fostered by social patterns unique to the group.
The people of Nalanda are simple living and religious by nature. The majority of population caters to the rural handicrafts likehandmade paintings, partition paintings, miniatures in paper and leaves, timber stools, stone poetry and skin goods and many more things. The most famous artwork of Nalanda is madhubani paintings made by the local craftsmen of the city.
Nalanda has always been a center of learning and meditation since time immemorial. The city once as a seat of Nalanda University helped in the spread of Buddhism across Asia and beyond. Woven in traditions Nalanda is a fast developing city of Bihar. A tiny hamlet located in the north-east part of India, this place still remains untouched by Western influence, thus preserving within itself, a piece of India’s glorious past with its rich culture and heritage intact.