Earthhome experiences
Our earthhome is built with mud, wood, bamboo, stone, lime, and straw, and a lot of love, which we hope you will feel and sense while staying in it. Our experiences are completely custom-made to fit your interests, be it rest & recuperation in nature, learning mud or bamboo building, natural handicraft making, Santhal village tours and cultural immersions, or visits to nearby nature-based artists in Shantiniketan. Our traditional meals are cooked on woodfire and made with fresh greens gathered from our 100% organic garden. We hope the visit will leave you deeply connected to nature, to yourself, and to our Dularia family.
Stay
Our Earthhome is spacious yet cozy and houses four adults comfortably. The thick mud walls and mud flooring provide great insulation as well as energetic grounding to bring peace to the mind and heart. The interiors are tastefully done using art and artifacts of the local Santhal tribal community and given a modern twist. You'll feel as if you're living just like nature intended you to...
Eat
Our delicious meals are cooked in a traditional Santhali or Bengali style and include a variety of 100% organic and seasonal greens and vegetables harvested from our plot. What you'll eat here can never be found in a restaurant- the wild greens that are harvested based on the indigenous knowledge of our team members, the slow cooking on a wood-fired stove, and the love and care with which it is served.
Learn
Based on your interests, you can choose to learn a wide variety of nature-centred skills or choose to just immerse and interact. All our visits include a tour and explanation of our permaculture farm and process of making our natural buildings by our team leader, Saraswati. You can also choose to learn mud plastering. cob making, weaving with date palm leaves, or natural jewellery-making. You can also learn to make your own leaf-plates from Saal leaves! Please ensure that you book enough in advance and check for availability of these activities, as some of them require advance preparation.
Immerse
You can also immerse in the culture of our Santhali community by engaging with our team, doing custom village tours, visiting the local Santhal museum, and also experience traditional Santali music and dance.
Go home reconnected
We hope you'll go home feeling rejuvenated and reconnected to nature and to yourself. At Dularia, you can learn how it feels to touch a mud floor with your feet, sculpt with your hands, harvest your own greens, slow down, and learn regenerative living...and we hope you can bring the feeling and knowledge home with you.