Places to visit in Bihar
48 places to visit in Bihar, each with LOQAH's carefully crafted stamp of its own: Mahabodhi Temple, Nalanda, Kesaria Stupa and more. Stand at any of them with the app open and the stamp is yours, confirmed on site, in your Bihar volume.
2 UNESCO World Heritage sites · 6 National monuments · 3 State heritage sites · 8 Famous places to visit · 4 Offbeat places · 25 Hidden gems
UNESCO World Heritage sites in Bihar (2)
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Mahabodhi Temple
Beside the descendant of the tree the Buddha sat under, and one of the earliest brick temples still standing in India.
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Nalanda
The ruins of the world's first residential university, which once taught ten thousand students.
National monuments in Bihar (6)
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Kesaria Stupa
One of the tallest Buddhist stupas in the world, over a hundred feet, and only fully uncovered in 1998.
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Mundeshwari Temple
Possibly the oldest working temple in the country.
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Rohtasgarh Fort
A vast hill fort above the Son, barely visited.
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Sher Shah Suri Tomb
An octagon standing in the middle of its own lake.
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Vikramaśīla University
The ruins of a Buddhist university founded by Dharmapala, ranked in its own day alongside Nalanda.
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Vikramshila
A Pala university that rivalled Nalanda, destroyed around 1200, its central stupa now excavated and squared.
State heritage sites in Bihar (3)
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Golghar
A beehive granary built in 1786 against famine, never filled, with a hundred and forty five steps spiralling up the outside.
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Munger Fort
A fort on a rock above the south bank of the Ganga at Munger.
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Vishnupad Temple
A footprint in rock, and the rites for the dead.
Famous places to visit in Bihar (8)
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Barabar Caves
The oldest rock cut caves in India, granite polished to a mirror by Mauryan masons in the third century BCE.
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Digha-Sonpur Bridge
J. P. Setu, carrying road and rail across the Ganga between Patna and Sonpur.
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Kacchi Dargah-Bidupur Bridge
A road bridge over the Ganga between Patna and Vaishali district.
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Mahatma Gandhi Setu
Nearly six kilometres of bridge over the Ganga between Patna and Hajipur, opened in 1982.
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Rajgir
Five hills around the first Magadhan capital, with hot springs and the ridge where the Buddha preached.
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Takht Sri Patna Sahib
The birthplace of Guru Gobind Singh, and one of the five seats of temporal authority in Sikhism.
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Vaishali
Where the Buddha preached last and the republic met first.
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Vikramshila Setu
Four and a half kilometres of bridge across the Ganga at Bhagalpur, named for the university that once stood nearby.
Offbeat places in Bihar (4)
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Bhimbandh Wildlife Sanctuary
A sanctuary in the hills of southwest Munger district.
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Gurpa Peak
Where Mahakassapa is said to be waiting.
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Kaimur Wildlife Sanctuary
The largest sanctuary in Bihar, fifteen hundred square kilometres of the Kaimur plateau.
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Udaypur Wildlife Sanctuary
A sanctuary in West Champaran around a lake that is now on the Ramsar list.
Hidden gems in Bihar (25)
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Bihar Museum
The Didarganj Yakshi, and how the state tells its own story.
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Darbhanga Fort
The Darbhanga Raj's fort, also called Rambagh, walled round the palace inside it.
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Dashrath Manjhi Path
One man, one hammer, twenty two years, one road through a hill.
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Deo Surya Mandir
A sun temple at Deo, west-facing, where the Chhath crowds fill the tank.
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Gautam Budha Wildlife Sanctuary
Forest on the Bihar-Jharkhand border in the Rajgir hills, dry and little visited.
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Ghora Katora
A horseshoe lake in the Rajgir hills with a stone Buddha standing in the water.
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Jalalgarh Fort
A mud and brick fort losing to the forest.
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Janaki Mandir Sitamarhi
Where Sita is said to have been found in the furrow.
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Kakolat Falls
A curtain of water in the Jharkhand foothills.
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Karkat Waterfall
A fall in the Kaimur hills near Rohtas, in forest, with a temple nearby.
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Koilwar Bridge
A rail and road bridge over the Sone at Koilwar, on the way from Arrah into Patna.
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Kumhrar
What is left of Pataliputra: an eighty pillared hall from the Mauryan palace, in a park.
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Lauria Nandangarh
An Ashokan pillar with a lion on top, and a burial mound beside it.
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Madhubani Painting Villages
Wall painting done by women of the Mithila region for weddings, moved onto paper only in the 1960s drought.
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Mandar Parvat
The hill the gods are said to have churned the ocean with, in Banka, with a rope mark round it.
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Maner Sharif
Two Sufi tombs on the Ganga's old bank.
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Mangla Gauri Temple
A shakti peetha on a hill at Gaya where the breast is said to have fallen.
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Patna Museum
The old Jadughar of 1917, holding the Didarganj Yakshi and a casket said to carry the Buddha's ashes.
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Pawapuri Jal Mandir
Mahavira's cremation site, a marble temple in a lotus tank.
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Rajgir Hills
Five hills ringing the old Magadhan capital, with a cyclopean wall running over them.
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Saptaparni Cave
The cave above Rajgir where the first Buddhist council is said to have met after the Buddha's death.
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Sher Shah Suri Masjid
Sher Shah's mosque at Patna, Afghan in its arches, built while he held Delhi.
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Sonepur Cattle Fair Ground
The ground of the largest cattle fair in Asia, empty for most of the year and enormous for a fortnight.
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Valmiki National Park
Bihar's only tiger reserve, against the Nepal border in the Gandak valley.
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Vulture Peak
The rock above Rajgir where the Buddha is said to have taught; the path up is cut in steps.
Collecting in Bihar
What are the best places to visit in Bihar?
LOQAH lists 48 places in Bihar. The best known include Mahabodhi Temple, Nalanda, Kesaria Stupa, Mundeshwari Temple and Rohtasgarh Fort. Each has a stamp of its own to collect when you are there.
How many LOQAH stamps are there in Bihar?
48, and more are added over time. Each place has LOQAH's carefully crafted stamp of its own.
How do I collect a stamp in Bihar?
Open LOQAH at the place and get its stamp. LOQAH checks where you are once, at that moment; at the place itself the stamp is confirmed on site, with a gold badge.
I have been to places in Bihar before. Can I add them?
Yes. In Earlier trips, choose Bihar and swipe through its stamps, or import your Google Timeline. Each one goes into your volume with the date, if you know it.
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