Pilgrimage Routes in Bihar
111 places in Bihar under pilgrimage routes. Holy places and the routes to them.
Explore with dates- Agam Kuan and Shitala DeviPatna, Bihar · Monuments & HeritageThe unfathomable well tied to Ashoka's cruel years, beside the Shitala Devi shrine.
- Aguwani GhatKhagaria, Bihar · Pilgrimage RoutesThe Ganga ferry to Sultanganj, under the shadow of the bridge that kept falling down.
- Ahilya AsthanDarbhanga, Bihar · Temples & ShrinesWhere Mithila places the freeing of Ahalya; a small shrine and a Ram Navami fair.
- Ajgaibinath Temple, SultanganjBhagalpur, Bihar · Temples & ShrinesShiva on a rock in the Ganga, and the start of the 105 km kanwariya walk to Deoghar.
- Ambika Bhawani, AmiSaran, Bihar · Temples & ShrinesA Shakti shrine with no idol, only an earthen pindi, on the Ganga between Chhapra and Sonepur.
- Amjhar SharifAurangabad, Bihar · Pilgrimage RoutesA village dargah near Deo famous for a mango tree said to bleed when cut.
- Aranya Devi Temple, ArrahBhojpur, Bihar · Temples & ShrinesArrah's own goddess, the town's busiest temple and its Navratri centre.
- AshokdhamLakhisarai, Bihar · Temples & ShrinesThe Shivling a boy dug up in 1977, now the biggest temple in Lakhisarai.
- Baba Brahmeshwar Nath, BrahmpurBuxar, Bihar · Temples & ShrinesThe Shiva shrine of the Buxar countryside, packed with kanwariyas each Shravan.
- Baba Garibnath DhamMuzaffarpur, Bihar · Temples & ShrinesMuzaffarpur's Shiva temple, the end of a seventy-kilometre kanwar walk every Shravan.
- Baba Vishu Raut SthanMadhepura, Bihar · Temples & ShrinesThe shrine of a Kosi cowherd saint, still fed by the herders of Madhepura.
- Bagahi MathSitamarhi, Bihar · Temples & ShrinesA working Vaishnav monastery of 108 rooms outside Sitamarhi.
- Bagmati Ghats, BelwaSheohar, Bihar · Villages & Hidden GemsSheohar's river: quiet Bagmati ghats that fill for Chhath, dangerous in flood.
- Bakhorapur Kali MandirBhojpur, Bihar · Temples & ShrinesA village Kali temple near Bihiya that has become one of Bhojpur's biggest goddess fairs.
- Barabar CavesJehanabad, Bihar · CavesIndia's oldest rock-cut caves, cut for Ashoka's ascetics and famous for Forster's echo.
- Bari and Chhoti Patan DeviPatna, Bihar · Temples & ShrinesPatna's own goddess, a Shakti Peeth in the old city lanes near Patna Sahib.
- Bateshwar Sthan, KahalgaonBhagalpur, Bihar · Temples & ShrinesA Shiva temple on the rock, three rock islands in the Ganga, and Vikramshila down the road.
- Bibi Kamal Dargah, KakoJehanabad, Bihar · Pilgrimage RoutesA rare dargah to a woman Sufi saint of the 13th century, in a small Jehanabad town.
- Bihar School of Yoga, Ganga DarshanMunger, Bihar · Pilgrimage RoutesSatyananda's yoga ashram above the Ganga. Not a walk-in; write ahead.
- Brahmayoni HillGaya, Bihar · Pilgrimage Routes440 steps up the hill where the Buddha gave the Fire Sermon, for the best view over Gaya.
- 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.
- Champanagar, ancient ChampaBhagalpur, Bihar · Pilgrimage RoutesThe capital of ancient Anga and the nirvana place of the twelfth Tirthankara.
- Chandika SthanMunger, Bihar · Temples & ShrinesThe Shakti Peeth of Sati's left eye, on the edge of Munger. Come at Navratri.
- Deo Sun TempleAurangabad, Bihar · Temples & ShrinesA west-facing Sun temple that draws Bihar's biggest Chhath crowds outside the Ganga.
- Deokuli Dhekuli DhamSheohar, Bihar · Temples & ShrinesSheohar's one known shrine: a Shiva temple that tradition calls Draupadi's birthplace.
- Dhorh AshramSaran, Bihar · Pilgrimage RoutesA rural rishi's ashram near Parsa that Saran people visit; quiet and unsigned.
- Don Buddhist StupaSiwan, Bihar · Monuments & HeritageA mound that may hold the vessel Drona used to divide the Buddha's ashes. Nobody has dug.
- Dungeshwari (Mahakala) CavesGaya, Bihar · CavesThe hill caves where the Buddha starved for six years before choosing the middle way.
- Ganga Aarti and the Ganga PathPatna, Bihar · Pilgrimage RoutesPatna's evening Ganga aarti and the new riverside road where the city goes at dusk.
- Gautam Sthan, RevelganjSaran, Bihar · Temples & ShrinesGautam rishi's ashram at the Ghaghra confluence; Saran's Kartik Purnima bathing fair.
- Gidheshwar Mahadev, GidhaurJamui, Bihar · Temples & ShrinesA Shiva temple on a boulder hill above the old Gidhaur estate town.
- Girihinda Hill TempleSheikhpura, Bihar · Temples & ShrinesSheikhpura's landmark hill, with a Ram shrine on top and a view over the flat country.
- Gorakhnath Dham, ManihariKatihar, Bihar · Temples & ShrinesKatihar's main Shiva shrine, a Nath temple near the Ganga with a Shivratri fair.
- 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.
- Gunawan Ji Jain TirthNawada, Bihar · Pilgrimage RoutesThe Jain pond temple where Mahavira's chief disciple Gautam Swami attained nirvana.
- Gupta Dham CaveRohtas, Bihar · CavesA Shiva linga deep in a natural Kaimur cave, reached by a forest walk. Huge at Shravan.
- Haleshwar SthanSitamarhi, Bihar · Temples & ShrinesA Shiva shrine tied to the Videha king’s yagya, on the edge of Sitamarhi.
- Jaimangla GarhBegusarai, Bihar · Temples & ShrinesA goddess on an ancient mound at the edge of Kabar Taal. Do it with the lake.
- Jalappa Sthan, RajaonaLakhisarai, Bihar · Temples & ShrinesA Kali shrine in a village full of Pala sculpture, west of Lakhisarai.
- Janaki Mandir, SitamarhiSitamarhi, Bihar · Temples & ShrinesThe town shrine on Sita's traditional birthplace, packed at Ram Navami and Vivah Panchami.
- Jesth Gaur Nath MahadevBanka, Bihar · Temples & ShrinesBanka's own Shiva shrine, busiest when the Deoghar kanwariyas pass in Shravan.
- Kakolat FallsNawada, Bihar · WaterfallsBihar's best-known waterfall, a 150-foot drop into a bathing pool south of Nawada.
- Kamakhya Mandir, RambaghPurnia, Bihar · Temples & ShrinesPurnia's Kamakhya temple, busiest at Navratri and five minutes from Puran Devi.
- Kapileshwar SthanMadhubani, Bihar · Temples & ShrinesThe Madhubani countryside's main Shiva temple, at its busiest on Shivratri and Shravan Mondays.
- Karu Khirhari Sthan, MahpuraSaharsa, Bihar · Temples & ShrinesThe shrine of the cowherd god of the Kosi, where the offering is milk, not flowers.
- Katihar Kali BariKatihar, Bihar · Temples & ShrinesKatihar's Bengali Kali temple, and the town's Bengal-style Durga Puja week.
- Katyayani Asthan, MaheshkhuntKhagaria, Bihar · Temples & ShrinesKhagaria's Katyayani shrine, a riverside Shakti Peeth that fills for Navratri.
- Kesaria StupaEast Champaran, Bihar · Monuments & HeritageThe world's tallest surviving stupa, where the Buddha sent the Licchavis home with his alms bowl.
- Khagra MelaKishanganj, Bihar · Villages & Hidden GemsKishanganj's 300-year-old winter fair. Check the dates, then go for the evening.
- Khudneshwar AsthanSamastipur, Bihar · Temples & ShrinesA Shivling and a Muslim woman's grave under one roof, worshipped together at Morwa.
- Kolhua Ashokan PillarVaishali, Bihar · Monuments & HeritageThe only Ashokan lion pillar still standing complete where Ashoka set it. The core of Buddhist Vaishali.
- Konhara GhatVaishali, Bihar · Pilgrimage RoutesWhere the Gandak meets the Ganga at Hajipur, and the elephant and crocodile legend began.
- Kshatriya Kund and LachhuarJamui, Bihar · Pilgrimage RoutesOne of three claimed birthplaces of Mahavira, and the only one in forested hills.
- KundalpurNalanda, Bihar · Pilgrimage RoutesThe Digambar Jain site claimed as the birthplace of Mahavira, next door to Nalanda.
- Kundalpur, BasokundVaishali, Bihar · Temples & ShrinesThe Vaishali claim to Mahavira's birthplace, a quiet Jain shrine near the Buddhist ruins.
- Kuppaghat AshramBhagalpur, Bihar · Pilgrimage RoutesA Santmat ashram built round a meditation cave on the Ganga, the quiet corner of Bhagalpur.
- 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.
- Lali PahariLakhisarai, Bihar · Monuments & HeritageA Pala monastery dug out of a red hill since 2017, thought to be ancient Krimila.
- Lauriya NandangarhWest Champaran, Bihar · Monuments & HeritageAn Ashokan lion pillar in a field and one of the biggest stupa mounds in India, two kilometres apart.
- Madhusrawa TempleArwal, Bihar · Temples & ShrinesArwal district's main Shiva shrine, an old village temple busy on Shravan Mondays.
- Mahabodhi Temple, Bodh GayaGaya, Bihar · Pilgrimage RoutesWhere the Buddha found enlightenment under the Bodhi tree. UNESCO site, best at dawn or after dark.
- Mahavir MandirPatna, Bihar · Temples & ShrinesThe Hanuman temple at Patna Junction where everyone buys Naivedyam laddoos.
- Mahendranath Temple, MehandarSiwan, Bihar · Temples & ShrinesSiwan's biggest Shiva fair, at a temple a Nepali king is said to have built after a cure.
- Makhdoom Shah Dargah, SheikhpuraSheikhpura, Bihar · Pilgrimage RoutesThe Sufi dargah of the sheikh who gave Sheikhpura its name. Short and honest.
- Malinath SthanSamastipur, Bihar · Temples & ShrinesA village Shiva shrine near Dalsinghsarai, at its best on Shivratri.
- Mandar HillBanka, Bihar · Peak TreksThe hill that churned the ocean, with a Jain summit temple, a rock-cut tank and a ropeway.
- Maner SharifPatna, Bihar · Pilgrimage RoutesThe finest Mughal tomb in Bihar, a 13th-century Sufi shrine and Maner's famous laddoos.
- Mangla Gauri TempleGaya, Bihar · Temples & ShrinesA Shakti Peeth on a low hill in Gaya, ten minutes' climb from Vishnupad.
- Manihari GhatKatihar, Bihar · Pilgrimage RoutesA wide Ganga crossing by ferry to Sahibganj, one of the last of its kind.
- 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.
- Nalanda MahaviharaNalanda, Bihar · Monuments & HeritageThe red-brick ruins of the great Buddhist university that taught 10,000 students. UNESCO site.
- Panth PakarSitamarhi, Bihar · Pilgrimage RoutesThe old banyan where Sita's wedding palanquin is said to have rested on the road to Ayodhya.
- Pawapuri Jal MandirNalanda, Bihar · Pilgrimage RoutesThe marble temple in a lotus tank where Mahavira attained nirvana in 527 BCE.
- Punaura DhamSitamarhi, Bihar · Temples & ShrinesThe second of Sitamarhi's two Sita birthplace shrines, with its tank and a big new temple rising.
- Puran Devi MandirPurnia, Bihar · Temples & ShrinesThe goddess the town of Purnia is named for, in a plain old temple near the Saura.
- Rajgir Hot Springs (Brahmakund)Nalanda, Bihar · Pilgrimage RoutesHot springs at the foot of Vaibhava hill that have been bathed in since the Buddha stayed here.
- Ramrekha Ghat, BuxarBuxar, Bihar · Pilgrimage RoutesBuxar's Ganga ghat where Rama crossed, and the town-wide litti-chokha feast that ends the Panchkoshi.
- Rishikund Hot SpringsMunger, Bihar · Pilgrimage RoutesHot springs in a valley below the Kharagpur hills, a winter dip on the Bhimbandh road.
- Sanhauli Durga SthanKhagaria, Bihar · Temples & ShrinesA village Durga temple near Khagaria, best in the nine days of Navratri.
- Satbahini, PiruAurangabad, Bihar · Temples & ShrinesA seven-sisters goddess shrine above the Batane river, with a Shivratri fair.
- Saurath SabhaMadhubani, Bihar · Villages & Hidden GemsThe Maithil marriage assembly under the mango trees, every June or July for six centuries.
- Shringi Rishi Dham, KajraLakhisarai, Bihar · Pilgrimage RoutesA hermitage of the sage Shringi in the hills above Kajra, reached on foot.
- Shyama Mai TempleDarbhanga, Bihar · Temples & ShrinesDarbhanga's Kali temple, built on the royal cremation ground and used for weddings all year.
- Simaria GhatBegusarai, Bihar · Pilgrimage RoutesDinkar's village, a month-long Kartik mela on the Ganga sands, and the 1959 bridge.
- Singheshwar SthanMadhepura, Bihar · Temples & ShrinesThe Shiva temple of the Kosi, with a month-long Shivratri fair.
- Sita Kund Hot SpringMunger, Bihar · Pilgrimage RoutesA hot spring east of Munger, warmed, they say, by Sita after her ordeal by fire.
- Sitamarhi Cave, HisuaNawada, Bihar · CavesA polished rock-cut cave in a granite boulder near Hisua, held to be where Sita lived in exile.
- Sohagara DhamSiwan, Bihar · Temples & ShrinesSiwan's other big Shivratri fair, at a rebuilt Shiva compound in Hasanpura.
- Someshwarnath Temple, ArerajEast Champaran, Bihar · Temples & ShrinesChamparan's busiest Shiva temple, with a month-long Shravan fair. The Ashokan pillar is next door.
- Son River Ghats, ArwalArwal, Bihar · Pilgrimage RoutesArwal's ghats on the wide Son, best at sunset in winter and packed at Chhath.
- Sonepur Mela and Hariharnath TempleSaran, Bihar · Pilgrimage RoutesAsia's great cattle fair at the Gandak confluence, a month from Kartik Purnima; the temple all year.
- 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.
- Thaneshwar SthanSamastipur, Bihar · Temples & ShrinesDalsinghsarai's own Shiva temple, a stop on the way to Vidyapati Dham.
- Thawe MandirGopalganj, Bihar · Temples & ShrinesGopalganj's Shakti temple, where the goddess is said to have come from Kamakhya to answer a devotee.
- The Monasteries of Bodh GayaGaya, Bihar · Pilgrimage RoutesThai, Japanese, Bhutanese and Tibetan monasteries in one small town. Busiest December to February.
- Tutla BhawaniRohtas, Bihar · Temples & ShrinesA Devi temple under a waterfall in a Kaimur gorge, with a 1158 CE inscription on the rock.
- Uchaitha BhagwatiMadhubani, Bihar · Temples & ShrinesA riverside Durga shrine where Mithila says Kalidas found his learning overnight.
- Ugratara Sthan, MahishiSaharsa, Bihar · Temples & ShrinesThe Tara shrine in the village where Shankaracharya is said to have debated Mandan Mishra.
- Valmiki Ashram, ValmikinagarWest Champaran, Bihar · Pilgrimage RoutesWhere tradition puts Valmiki's ashram on the Gandak, a river ghat beside the tiger reserve.
- Vidyapati DhamSamastipur, Bihar · Pilgrimage RoutesWhere the poet Vidyapati is said to have died by the Ganga; a shrine and a Kartik fair.
- Vikramshila MahaviharaBhagalpur, Bihar · Monuments & HeritageThe other great Pala university. A cruciform stupa, 208 cells, and almost no crowds.
- Vishnupad TempleGaya, Bihar · Temples & ShrinesVishnu's footprint on the Phalgu, where India comes to feed its ancestors each Pitru Paksha.
- 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.
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