Van Gogh's Starry Night moon painted with Bihar 'Indian Yellow'
Vincent van Gogh's iconic Starry Night holds an unexpected connection to Bihar. The painting's glowing moon was created using 'Indian Yellow', a rare pigment historically produced in Munger from the urine of cows fed on mango leaves. This extraordinary Bihar-origin color, now banned, gave van Gogh's masterpiece its radiant luminosity, embedding a surprising Indian imprint in global art history.