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Bihar Tour |
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Bihar, one of the famous states of India, acknowledge worldwide for its culture, tradition, people, agriculture and festivals and especially for its Bihari language. Bihar, the land of farmers is located in the eastern part of India. Bihar is the land locked state encircled by some specific Indian states like West Bengal to east, Uttar Pradesh to west and Jharkhand to south. As the testimony of Indian freedom struggle, Bihar is lying in the fertile of Gangetic plains and spreading the fragrance of soil worldwide through its culture.
The various temples of Bihar have got a hoary past. Some of them show the Aryan influence while the other temples of Bihar have got an amalgamation with the Vedic pantheon. There are many mosques, minars and mausoleums in Bihar, which are very popular all over India. This is just an ideal holiday destination, which will allow the travelers to escape from the typical city life. It is truly the land of serendipity.
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Hot Destinations of Bihar Tour
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Patna: Patna is one of the oldest inhabited places in the world and present day Patna is located on the southern bank of the Ganges.
Patna is the capital city of the state of Bihar and was formerly known as Pataliputra, which was the capital of the Mauryan
Empire. The name Patna is said to have been derived from Patan which happens to be the name of a Hindu Goddess Patan devi.
Patna is now a renowned name in the tourism industry and is an important place of tourist interest housing lots of
attractions that reflect its glorious past.
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Major Tourist Attractions : Golghar, Museum, Har Mandir, Khuda Baksh Oriental Library, Martyrs Memorial.
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Nalanda: Nalanda was a Renowned Buddhist university of higher learning but now only the ruins of this university remain.
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BodhGaya: BodhGaya is the holy Buddhist site where Buddha meditated under a pipal tree known as Bodhi tree and attained
salvation.
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Vaishali: Vaishali is the birthplace of Lord Mahavira, the greatest profounder of Jainism. Also seen here is the world
famous Ashoka Pillar, built by Emperor Asoka. It is made of a single piece of red sandstone with a life size lion carved at
the top.
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Pawapuri: Pawapuri is the sacred place for Jains. It is at this place that Lord Mahavira, twenty fourth incarnation of Jains
attained enlightment.
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