Villages & Hidden Gems in Bihar
60 places in Bihar under villages & hidden gems. Places most people drive straight past.
Explore with dates- 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.
- Amjhar SharifAurangabad, Bihar · Pilgrimage RoutesA village dargah near Deo famous for a mango tree said to bleed when cut.
- Baba Vishu Raut SthanMadhepura, Bihar · Temples & ShrinesThe shrine of a Kosi cowherd saint, still fed by the herders of Madhepura.
- 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.
- Battle of Buxar Memorial, KatkauliBuxar, Bihar · Monuments & HeritageThe field where the Company won Bengal and Bihar in 1764, marked by a lone pillar.
- Bhagalpur Tussar Silk WeaversBhagalpur, Bihar · Villages & Hidden GemsThousands of handlooms in the lanes of the silk city. Watch, then buy at the loom.
- Bhaptiyahi Kosi EmbankmentSupaul, Bihar · Villages & Hidden GemsA walk along the Kosi eastern embankment, villages on one side and the river on the other.
- 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.
- Bibi Kamal Dargah, KakoJehanabad, Bihar · Pilgrimage RoutesA rare dargah to a woman Sufi saint of the 13th century, in a small Jehanabad town.
- ChainpurKaimur, Bihar · Monuments & HeritageA 16th-century Afghan tomb, a ruined fort and the Harsu Brahm exorcism shrine, near Mundeshwari.
- 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.
- Dharawat Buddhist MoundJehanabad, Bihar · Monuments & HeritageAn unexcavated Buddhist mound near Barabar with Pala sculptures kept in village shrines.
- Dhorh AshramSaran, Bihar · Pilgrimage RoutesA rural rishi's ashram near Parsa that Saran people visit; quiet and unsigned.
- 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.
- Jalalgarh FortPurnia, Bihar · FortsSeemanchal's one real fort, an 18th-century Mughal frontier post now standing in fields.
- Jesth Gaur Nath MahadevBanka, Bihar · Temples & ShrinesBanka's own Shiva shrine, busiest when the Deoghar kanwariyas pass in Shravan.
- Jitwarpur and RantiMadhubani, Bihar · Villages & Hidden GemsThe two villages where Madhubani painting lives, and where you buy it from the artists.
- Jogbani Border, BiratnagarAraria, Bihar · Villages & Hidden GemsWalk into Nepal for lunch. The open border to Biratnagar at the end of the line.
- 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.
- Karu Khirhari Sthan, MahpuraSaharsa, Bihar · Temples & ShrinesThe shrine of the cowherd god of the Kosi, where the offering is milk, not flowers.
- Khagra MelaKishanganj, Bihar · Villages & Hidden GemsKishanganj's 300-year-old winter fair. Check the dates, then go for the evening.
- Konhara GhatVaishali, Bihar · Pilgrimage RoutesWhere the Gandak meets the Ganga at Hajipur, and the elephant and crocodile legend began.
- 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.
- Kursela, Kosi-Ganga ConfluenceKatihar, Bihar · Lakes & DamsWhere the Kosi ends in the Ganga, a huge sheet of water and sand off Kursela.
- Madhusrawa TempleArwal, Bihar · Temples & ShrinesArwal district's main Shiva shrine, an old village temple busy on Shravan Mondays.
- Maner SharifPatna, Bihar · Pilgrimage RoutesThe finest Mughal tomb in Bihar, a 13th-century Sufi shrine and Maner's famous laddoos.
- Manihari GhatKatihar, Bihar · Pilgrimage RoutesA wide Ganga crossing by ferry to Sahibganj, one of the last of its kind.
- MasarhBhojpur, Bihar · Monuments & HeritageAn ancient mound west of Arrah that gave Patna Museum its Mauryan lion. For the archaeology-minded.
- Moti Jheel, MotihariEast Champaran, Bihar · Lakes & DamsMotihari's oxbow lake, the town's evening promenade.
- Murho, B. P. Mandal VillageMadhepura, Bihar · Villages & Hidden GemsThe village of the man behind the Mandal Commission. Small, quiet, historically loaded.
- Panth PakarSitamarhi, Bihar · Pilgrimage RoutesThe old banyan where Sita's wedding palanquin is said to have rested on the road to Ayodhya.
- Pothia Tea GardensKishanganj, Bihar · Villages & Hidden GemsBihar's only tea, on flat gardens at the Bengal border. Ask, and walk the rows.
- Ram Janaki Mandir, ArwalArwal, Bihar · Temples & ShrinesArwal town's Ram Janaki temple, the centre of its festivals. Short and honest.
- Raxaul and the Birgunj BorderEast Champaran, Bihar · Villages & Hidden GemsWalk into Nepal for the day across the Raxaul bridge; ID only, no passport.
- 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.
- Sattar GhatGopalganj, Bihar · Villages & Hidden GemsGopalganj's Gandak crossing: a wide river, a long bridge and the road to Kesaria.
- Saurath SabhaMadhubani, Bihar · Villages & Hidden GemsThe Maithil marriage assembly under the mango trees, every June or July for six centuries.
- Sekhodeora AshramNawada, Bihar · Villages & Hidden GemsJayaprakash Narayan's Gandhian ashram in the forested hills of south Nawada.
- Shahi Litchi Orchards, MushahariMuzaffarpur, Bihar · Eco TourismWalk the litchi orchards that feed India, for five hot weeks in May and June.
- Sheikhpura PahariSheikhpura, Bihar · Rock & RappelLow granite hills and boulders on the edge of Sheikhpura, for a sunset walk.
- Simaria GhatBegusarai, Bihar · Pilgrimage RoutesDinkar's village, a month-long Kartik mela on the Ganga sands, and the 1959 bridge.
- SimultalaJamui, Bihar · Hill StationsThe Bengali winter retreat of old, low hills, bungalows and nothing much to do.
- Sitamarhi Cave, HisuaNawada, Bihar · CavesA polished rock-cut cave in a granite boulder near Hisua, held to be where Sita lived in exile.
- Son River Ghats, ArwalArwal, Bihar · Pilgrimage RoutesArwal's ghats on the wide Son, best at sunset in winter and packed at Chhath.
- Sujata Stupa, BakraurGaya, Bihar · Monuments & HeritageThe brick stupa across the river marking the home of Sujata, who fed the Buddha kheer.
- Sultan Pokhar, ForbesganjAraria, Bihar · Lakes & DamsForbesganj's big tank and Kali temple, the Chhath ghat of a border-trade town.
- Tariyani ChhapraSheohar, Bihar · Villages & Hidden GemsOne of the largest villages in Bihar; a stop, not a destination.
- Thakurganj and the MahanandaKishanganj, Bihar · Villages & Hidden GemsBihar's last corner, where the Mahananda runs past tea gardens towards Bengal and Nepal.
- Ugratara Sthan, MahishiSaharsa, Bihar · Temples & ShrinesThe Tara shrine in the village where Shankaracharya is said to have debated Mandan Mishra.
- ZeradeiSiwan, Bihar · Monuments & HeritageThe village house where India's first President was born in 1884.
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