Patna Rajdhani with Madhubani Paintings --- An art form dating back almost 2500 years, Madhubani is an art form originally created by women during festivals, special occasions or ceremonies. These aren’t paintings created in the traditional sense using paint and a brush, but are made using fingers as well as twigs and matchsticks, and in the modern day even pen nibs! These paintings boast an intricate outline made from rice paste as its framework before the colors are introduced. With rarely any blank spaces, most borders are embellished with geometric or floral patterns using natural dyes like black from charcoal, mixing soot with cow dung, red from the famous kusum flower, or yellow from mixing turmeric with milk. One can distinguish a Madhubani painting from the bulging fish-like eyes and pointed noses of the figures. These paintings are usually underlined by themes of natural elements like fish, elephants, turtles, bamboo trees, and oftentimes even the sun and the moon.

Indian Railways have discovered an innovative way of preserving the Madhubani art style - as the art form has been adorned on the walls of all the coaches of Patna Rajdhani Express completed with a lot of enthusiasm and have gained significant attention from the media since its maiden journey from August, 2018. With this artwork, Patna Rajdhani now have a unique identity while running between Rajendra Nagar station and New Delhi. Interestingly, the railway station of Madhubani has also won the award in a station beautification competition in August, 2018 at Rail Bhawan in New Delhi.