Champaran 1917 — where satyagraha was first tried
Gandhi's first Indian campaign was in Champaran, among indigo tenants forced to plant for European planters. He arrived at Motihari in April 1917, was ordered to leave, refused, and the government backed down — the first satyagraha in India. The Gandhi Sangrahalaya and the pillar at Motihari, the Bhitiharwa ashram school he founded in West Champaran, the Patna Sadaqat Ashram where Rajendra Prasad lived, Gandhi Ghat where his ashes were immersed, and the small museum on Gandhi Maidan make the circuit.
01 · East Champaran · 2 hours; a stop between Vaishali and Valmiki or Motihari
A 104-foot brick stupa, 1,400 feet around at the base — larger than Borobudur — where the Buddha gave away his alms bowl on his last journey. Excavation began only in 1998 and is far from finished.
Discover02 · West Champaran
Valmiki National Park03 · West Champaran
Lauriya Nandangarh04 · West Champaran
Valmikinagar & the Gandak05 · Patna
Patna06 · Vaishali
Vaishali
5 days / 4 nights · Steady
Up through the republic of Vaishali and the stupa at Kesaria to Champaran's forest: two days of safaris in Bihar's tiger reserve and a day on the Gandak with gharial, dolphins and a raft.
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10 days / 9 nights · Steady
The Kaimur forts, the Buddhist heartland, the capital, the Ganga towns and Mithila — the complete arc of Bihar's history and landscape, with a slack day built in for the place you fall in love with.
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