Monuments & Heritage in Bihar
68 places in Bihar under monuments & heritage. Memorials, old towns and protected sites.
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.
- Agam Kuan and Shitala DeviPatna, Bihar · Monuments & HeritageThe unfathomable well tied to Ashoka's cruel years, beside the Shitala Devi shrine.
- BalirajgarhMadhubani, Bihar · FortsA square mile of ancient rampart and mound in the Madhubani fields, dug by the ASI.
- Barabar CavesJehanabad, Bihar · CavesIndia's oldest rock-cut caves, cut for Ashoka's ascetics and famous for Forster's echo.
- Battle of Buxar Memorial, KatkauliBuxar, Bihar · Monuments & HeritageThe field where the Company won Bengal and Bihar in 1764, marked by a lone pillar.
- Bettiah Raj PalaceWest Champaran, Bihar · Palaces & HavelisThe crumbling palace of Bihar's second largest zamindari, headless since 1893.
- Bhikhari Thakur's KutubpurSaran, Bihar · Villages & Hidden GemsThe Ganga diyara village of Bhikhari Thakur, the father of Bhojpuri theatre. Little to see, much to know.
- Bhitiharwa Gandhi AshramWest Champaran, Bihar · Monuments & HeritageThe village school Gandhi and Kasturba ran in 1917 during the Champaran satyagraha.
- Buddha Relic StupaVaishali, Bihar · Monuments & HeritageThe Licchavis' stupa over their share of the Buddha's ashes, found intact in 1958.
- Buddha Samyak Darshan MuseumVaishali, Bihar · MuseumsThe 2025 stupa complex where Vaishali's Buddha relics finally came home from Patna.
- Buddha Smriti ParkPatna, Bihar · Monuments & HeritageA relic stupa and Bodhi saplings on the old jail site opposite Patna Junction.
- ChainpurKaimur, Bihar · Monuments & HeritageA 16th-century Afghan tomb, a ruined fort and the Harsu Brahm exorcism shrine, near Mundeshwari.
- Champanagar, ancient ChampaBhagalpur, Bihar · Pilgrimage RoutesThe capital of ancient Anga and the nirvana place of the twelfth Tirthankara.
- Champanagar, Banaili RajPurnia, Bihar · Palaces & HavelisThe palace of the Banaili rajas, still private, most open in Durga Puja week.
- ChausaBuxar, Bihar · Monuments & HeritageWhere Sher Shah routed Humayun in 1539 and India's oldest Jain bronzes were dug up in 1931.
- ChirandSaran, Bihar · Monuments & HeritageA Neolithic village mound at the Ghaghra confluence, occupied for three thousand years. Nothing built.
- Darbhanga Raj FortDarbhanga, Bihar · FortsA kilometre of unfinished 1930s fort wall around the Darbhanga Raj palaces.
- Deo Sun TempleAurangabad, Bihar · Temples & ShrinesA west-facing Sun temple that draws Bihar's biggest Chhath crowds outside the Ganga.
- Dharawat Buddhist MoundJehanabad, Bihar · Monuments & HeritageAn unexcavated Buddhist mound near Barabar with Pala sculptures kept in village shrines.
- Dighwa DubauliGopalganj, Bihar · Monuments & HeritageUnexcavated mounds and a Shiva temple where a ninth-century Pratihara grant turned up.
- Don Buddhist StupaSiwan, Bihar · Monuments & HeritageA mound that may hold the vessel Drona used to divide the Buddha's ashes. Nobody has dug.
- Gandhi Sangrahalaya, MotihariEast Champaran, Bihar · MuseumsWhere the Champaran satyagraha started in April 1917: a museum, a pillar and the trial site.
- George Orwell's BirthplaceEast Champaran, Bihar · Monuments & HeritageThe opium-department bungalow where George Orwell was born in 1903.
- GolgharPatna, Bihar · Monuments & HeritageA 1786 granary shaped like a beehive, with a spiral stair to the best view in Patna.
- Great Buddha StatueGaya, Bihar · Monuments & HeritageThe 80-foot meditating Buddha of Bodh Gaya, consecrated by the Dalai Lama in 1989.
- Griddhakuta (Vulture's Peak)Nalanda, Bihar · Pilgrimage RoutesThe hilltop where the Buddha taught the Lotus Sutra, climbed by the path King Bimbisara laid.
- Hathwa Raj PalaceGopalganj, Bihar · Palaces & HavelisThe palaces of the Hathwa zamindari, seen from the road; the family behind the Thawe legend.
- Jagdishpur FortBhojpur, Bihar · FortsThe fort of Kunwar Singh, the 80-year-old who led the 1857 revolt in Bihar and won here in 1858.
- Jaimangla GarhBegusarai, Bihar · Temples & ShrinesA goddess on an ancient mound at the edge of Kabar Taal. Do it with the lake.
- Jalalgarh FortPurnia, Bihar · FortsSeemanchal's one real fort, an 18th-century Mughal frontier post now standing in fields.
- Jalappa Sthan, RajaonaLakhisarai, Bihar · Temples & ShrinesA Kali shrine in a village full of Pala sculpture, west of Lakhisarai.
- Jubba Sahni ParkMuzaffarpur, Bihar · Monuments & HeritageThe city park named for a 1942 martyr, with the district museum inside the gates.
- Kandaha Sun TempleSaharsa, Bihar · Temples & ShrinesA 14th-century Sun temple with a long Sanskrit inscription cut into its doorway.
- Kesaria StupaEast Champaran, Bihar · Monuments & HeritageThe world's tallest surviving stupa, where the Buddha sent the Licchavis home with his alms bowl.
- Khudiram Bose MemorialMuzaffarpur, Bihar · Monuments & HeritageWhere an eighteen-year-old revolutionary was hanged in 1908; a memorial inside the working jail.
- Kolhua Ashokan PillarVaishali, Bihar · Monuments & HeritageThe only Ashokan lion pillar still standing complete where Ashoka set it. The core of Buddhist Vaishali.
- Kosi Barrage, BhimnagarSupaul, Bihar · Lakes & DamsThe 1963 India-Nepal barrage on the river that keeps moving. Carry ID.
- Kosi Mahasetu, NirmaliSupaul, Bihar · Monuments & HeritageThe 2020 rail bridge that reconnected two halves of Mithila after 86 years.
- KumhrarPatna, Bihar · Monuments & HeritageWhat is left of Mauryan Pataliputra: a park over the 80-pillared hall of Ashoka.
- Lali PahariLakhisarai, Bihar · Monuments & HeritageA Pala monastery dug out of a red hill since 2017, thought to be ancient Krimila.
- Lauriya Areraj Ashokan PillarEast Champaran, Bihar · Monuments & HeritageA capital-less Ashokan pillar with six clear edicts, alone in a Champaran field.
- Lauriya NandangarhWest Champaran, Bihar · Monuments & HeritageAn Ashokan lion pillar in a field and one of the biggest stupa mounds in India, two kilometres apart.
- Mahabodhi Temple, Bodh GayaGaya, Bihar · Pilgrimage RoutesWhere the Buddha found enlightenment under the Bodhi tree. UNESCO site, best at dawn or after dark.
- Maner SharifPatna, Bihar · Pilgrimage RoutesThe finest Mughal tomb in Bihar, a 13th-century Sufi shrine and Maner's famous laddoos.
- MasarhBhojpur, Bihar · Monuments & HeritageAn ancient mound west of Arrah that gave Patna Museum its Mauryan lion. For the archaeology-minded.
- Mundeshwari TempleKaimur, Bihar · Temples & ShrinesAn octagonal stone temple of 108 CE on a Kaimur hilltop, one of the oldest still in daily worship.
- Munger FortMunger, Bihar · FortsMir Qasim's fort-capital on the Ganga, with a Sufi dargah and a ghat that washes away troubles.
- Nagarjuni CavesJehanabad, Bihar · CavesThree Mauryan caves cut by Ashoka's grandson, a short walk from Barabar.
- Nalanda MahaviharaNalanda, Bihar · Monuments & HeritageThe red-brick ruins of the great Buddhist university that taught 10,000 students. UNESCO site.
- Nargauna PalaceDarbhanga, Bihar · Palaces & HavelisThe Darbhanga Raj's earthquake-proof 1934 palace, now a university campus you can wander.
- Nepali Chhawani MandirVaishali, Bihar · Temples & ShrinesA wooden Kathmandu-style pagoda temple built by Nepali soldiers in Hajipur.
- Padri ki HaveliPatna, Bihar · Monuments & HeritageBihar's oldest church, built in 1772 by a Venetian architect in old Patna City.
- Rajnagar Palace RuinsMadhubani, Bihar · Palaces & HavelisA Darbhanga Raj capital wrecked by the 1934 earthquake, its palace shell left standing.
- Rohtasgarh FortRohtas, Bihar · FortsA vast Kaimur plateau fort with Man Singh's 1597 palace, 1,500 steps up from the Son valley.
- Sekhodeora AshramNawada, Bihar · Villages & Hidden GemsJayaprakash Narayan's Gandhian ashram in the forested hills of south Nawada.
- Shergarh Fort, ChenariRohtas, Bihar · FortsSher Shah's smaller Kaimur fort above the Durgavati, a stiff half-hour climb from Chenari.
- Simaria GhatBegusarai, Bihar · Pilgrimage RoutesDinkar's village, a month-long Kartik mela on the Ganga sands, and the 1959 bridge.
- Son Bhandar Caves and Cyclopean WallNalanda, Bihar · CavesJain rock-cut caves with a treasure legend, near the pre-Mauryan stone wall of old Rajgriha.
- Sujata Stupa, BakraurGaya, Bihar · Monuments & HeritageThe brick stupa across the river marking the home of Sujata, who fed the Buddha kheer.
- Takht Sri Patna SahibPatna, Bihar · Pilgrimage RoutesGuru Gobind Singh's birthplace and one of the five Takhts of Sikhism, in old Patna City.
- Tara Chandi and the Sasaram Rock EdictRohtas, Bihar · Temples & ShrinesA Shakti Peeth in the Kaimur foothills, with Bihar's only Ashokan rock edict on the hill above.
- The Monasteries of Bodh GayaGaya, Bihar · Pilgrimage RoutesThai, Japanese, Bhutanese and Tibetan monasteries in one small town. Busiest December to February.
- 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.
- Umga Hill TemplesAurangabad, Bihar · Temples & ShrinesA 15th-century granite temple and ruined Jain shrines up 700 steps on a hill near Madanpur.
- Vikramshila MahaviharaBhagalpur, Bihar · Monuments & HeritageThe other great Pala university. A cruciform stupa, 208 cells, and almost no crowds.
- Vishwa Shanti Stupa, RajgirNalanda, Bihar · Pilgrimage RoutesA Japanese peace pagoda on a Rajgir hilltop, reached by a 1969 chairlift or the new ropeway.
- Vishwa Shanti Stupa, VaishaliVaishali, Bihar · Monuments & HeritageA Japanese peace pagoda on the coronation tank, the place to end a Vaishali day at sunset.
- ZeradeiSiwan, Bihar · Monuments & HeritageThe village house where India's first President was born in 1884.
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