Lakes & Dams in Bihar
23 places in Bihar under lakes & dams. Lakes, tarns, reservoirs and lakeside camping.
Explore with dates- Abhishek Pushkarini and Raja Vishal ka GarhVaishali, Bihar · Monuments & HeritageThe coronation tank and assembly mound of the Licchavi republic, Vaishali's ancient ground plan.
- Bhaptiyahi Kosi EmbankmentSupaul, Bihar · Villages & Hidden GemsA walk along the Kosi eastern embankment, villages on one side and the river on the other.
- Chandan DamBanka, Bihar · Lakes & DamsBanka's irrigation reservoir on the Chandan, a sunset stop between Mandar and Odhni.
- Durgavati ReservoirKaimur, Bihar · Lakes & DamsA long reservoir folded between Kaimur ridges, with boating and the best sunsets in the district.
- Ghora Katora LakeNalanda, Bihar · Lakes & DamsA horseshoe lake in the Rajgir hills with a 70-foot Buddha on an island, reached by tonga.
- Gunawan Ji Jain TirthNawada, Bihar · Pilgrimage RoutesThe Jain pond temple where Mahavira's chief disciple Gautam Swami attained nirvana.
- Indrapuri BarrageRohtas, Bihar · Lakes & DamsOne of the longest barrages in the world, with the Kaimur hills rising straight out of the Son.
- Kabar Taal, Kanwar LakeBegusarai, Bihar · Birding SpotsAsia's largest oxbow lake and Bihar's first Ramsar site. Take a boat out at dawn in winter.
- Kharagpur LakeMunger, Bihar · Lakes & DamsA hill-ringed reservoir at Haveli Kharagpur, the picnic stop on the way to Bhimbandh.
- Kosi Barrage, BhimnagarSupaul, Bihar · Lakes & DamsThe 1963 India-Nepal barrage on the river that keeps moving. Carry ID.
- Kursela, Kosi-Ganga ConfluenceKatihar, Bihar · Lakes & DamsWhere the Kosi ends in the Ganga, a huge sheet of water and sand off Kursela.
- Kusheshwar AsthanDarbhanga, Bihar · Temples & ShrinesA Shiva temple in Kosi flood country, with a winter bird sanctuary on the wetlands around it.
- Matsyagandha Temple and LakeSaharsa, Bihar · Temples & ShrinesSaharsa's own temple and lake, named for the fisher girl of the Mahabharata.
- Moti Jheel, MotihariEast Champaran, Bihar · Lakes & DamsMotihari's oxbow lake, the town's evening promenade.
- Nagi and Nakti Bird SanctuariesJamui, Bihar · Birding SpotsTwo Ramsar lakes in the dry hills of Jamui where bar-headed geese winter in their thousands.
- Nehru Shanti ParkKishanganj, Bihar · Lakes & DamsKishanganj's evening park and lake. A place to end the day, not to start it.
- Odhni Dam, KatoriaBanka, Bihar · Lakes & DamsA reservoir in the low hills of Katoria, Banka's picnic and boating lake.
- Pawapuri Jal MandirNalanda, Bihar · Pilgrimage RoutesThe marble temple in a lotus tank where Mahavira attained nirvana in 527 BCE.
- Rishikund Hot SpringsMunger, Bihar · Pilgrimage RoutesHot springs in a valley below the Kharagpur hills, a winter dip on the Bhimbandh road.
- Sattar GhatGopalganj, Bihar · Villages & Hidden GemsGopalganj's Gandak crossing: a wide river, a long bridge and the road to Kesaria.
- Sita Kund Hot SpringMunger, Bihar · Pilgrimage RoutesA hot spring east of Munger, warmed, they say, by Sita after her ordeal by fire.
- Sultan Pokhar, ForbesganjAraria, Bihar · Lakes & DamsForbesganj's big tank and Kali temple, the Chhath ghat of a border-trade town.
- Tomb of Sher Shah SuriRohtas, Bihar · Monuments & HeritageSher Shah Suri's 1545 sandstone tomb rising from a lake in Sasaram, the finest Indo-Afghan building.
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