Bihula is a prominent festival of eastern Bihar especially famous in Bhagalpur district.
There are many myths related to this festival, people pray to goddess Mansa for the welfare of their families. The festival nurses the brilliant Manjusha Art, which is as magnificent as the other folk arts of Bihar like Jadopetiya of Santhal Parganas and Madhubani paintings of Mithilanchal. The principal aim of Bihula or Bishahri is to please the Goddess Bishahri in order to save people from the wrath of snakes. They depict sketches of various characters and thus present a vivid description of the entire mythology attached to Bishahri puja.