Bihar Museum
The Didarganj Yakshi, and how the state tells its own story.
- Where
- Patna, Bihar, India
- Grade
- Local gem
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site
- Coordinates
- 25.6078, 85.1203
Get the Bihar Museum stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Bihar Museum. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your Bihar volume with your photos and a note.
Near Bihar Museum
Patna Museum 2.4 km
The old Jadughar of 1917, holding the Didarganj Yakshi and a casket said to carry the Buddha's ashes.
Golghar 2.4 km
A beehive granary built in 1786 against famine, never filled, with a hundred and forty five steps spiralling up the outside.
Sher Shah Suri Masjid 2.4 km
Sher Shah's mosque at Patna, Afghan in its arches, built while he held Delhi.
Kumhrar 6.5 km
What is left of Pataliputra: an eighty pillared hall from the Mauryan palace, in a park.
Digha-Sonpur Bridge 6.8 km
J. P. Setu, carrying road and rail across the Ganga between Patna and Sonpur.
Mahatma Gandhi Setu 8.8 km
Nearly six kilometres of bridge over the Ganga between Patna and Hajipur, opened in 1982.
Takht Sri Patna Sahib 11 km
The birthplace of Guru Gobind Singh, and one of the five seats of temporal authority in Sikhism.
Sonepur Cattle Fair Ground 12 km
The ground of the largest cattle fair in Asia, empty for most of the year and enormous for a fortnight.
More hidden gems in Bihar
Questions
Where is Bihar Museum?
Bihar Museum is in Patna, Bihar. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Patna Museum (2.4 km), Golghar (2.4 km), Sher Shah Suri Masjid (2.4 km).
How do I get the Bihar Museum stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Bihar Museum and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Bihar volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Bihar Museum before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Bihar volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
Collect your first stamp.
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