01 · Gaya · 2 days
Bodh Gaya
UNESCO World Heritage site where Gautama Buddha attained enlightenment under the Bodhi Tree. The Mahabodhi Temple rises 55 metres above a town of monasteries built by a dozen Buddhist nations.
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Four faiths were born or remade here
Nowhere else did the Buddha, Mahavira, a Sikh Guru and the great Sufis of the east all leave their mark within a day's drive. This collection follows the sacred geography — enlightenment at Bodh Gaya, nirvana at Pawapuri, Vishnu's footprint at Gaya, the Guru's birthplace in Patna, a floating Mughal tomb at Maner.
The places
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07 · Patna
Maner Sharif
The finest Mughal tomb in Bihar, an hour from Patna
08 · Kaimur
Mundeshwari Temple
Possibly the oldest functioning temple in India
09 · Banka
Mandar Hill
The mountain the gods used to churn the ocean
10 · Sitamarhi
Sitamarhi
Where Sita was found in a furrow
11 · Bhagalpur
Sultanganj
A Shiva temple on a rock in the Ganga
Routes that do it justice
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3 days / 2 nights · Gentle
Sacred Magadh in a weekend
Three days in the cradle of Buddhism with a Hindu pilgrim town and the oldest caves in India thrown in — all within an hour of one hotel bed.
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The Buddhist Circuit
The classic loop — Patna, Vaishali, Rajgir, Nalanda and Bodh Gaya — done at a pace that leaves time for a sunrise at the Mahabodhi and an afternoon on the hot-spring steps.
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10 days / 9 nights · Steady
The Grand Tour of Bihar
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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Field note · 4 min
Fourteen minutes above Rajgir
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