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Bihar travel guides
17 complete guides covering 160 places in Bihar, with honest pacing, maps, sources and advice for travelling with parents.
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- Begusarai5 placesA refinery town on the Ganga's north bank, with a Ramsar oxbow lake, a lakeside…
- Bettiah5 placesA quiet Champaran town near the Nepal border, with a Raj-era past, an old…
- Bodh Gaya20 placesWhere Buddha found enlightenment beneath the Bodhi Tree: a small pilgrimage…
- Darbhanga9 placesA pond-studded Mithila city of brick Raj ruins, Kali temples, small museums and…
- Gaya14 placesA river-edge pilgrim town where families come to remember their ancestors…
- Jhajha5 placesA railway town at the edge of Bihar's southern hills, with two reservoir…
- Munger6 placesA Ganges fort town where Mir Qasim made his capital and a yoga school made its…
- Nalanda10 placesBrickwork and silence: an ancient Buddhist university where five centuries of…
- Patna12 placesAn old Ganga capital with Mauryan ruins, a famous gurdwara, two good museums…
- Pawapuri10 placesA small Jain pilgrimage town where a white marble temple floats in a lotus…
- Rajauli5 placesA small hill-edge town on the Jharkhand border: a quiet forest sanctuary, an…
- Rajgir14 placesAncient capital of kings, home to Buddha and Mahavira, ringed by five sacred…
- Sasaram8 placesA Sher Shah Suri town on the Grand Trunk Road, with a red sandstone tomb in a…
- Sitamarhi8 placesA small Mithila town where the Ramayana is local geography: two temples claim…
- Vaishali10 placesBrick mounds, a lion pillar and a white pagoda on the plain north of the Ganga…
- Valmiki Nagar12 placesA quiet border town on the Gandak, where a tiger reserve, a river barrage and…
- Vikramshila7 placesThe ruins of a great Pala-era Buddhist university, a stretch of the Ganges kept…