Gandhi Maidan & Ghat, Patna
Patna, Bihar, India
Nearby attractions
Patna Museum (Jadu Ghar)
Patna, Bihar
The grand 1917 Indo-Saracenic 'magic house' — Buddhist relic caskets, a fossil tree, Chinese-Tibetan art and Bihar's older treasures before the new museum.
Bihari Cuisine Trail (Litti Chokha to Khaja)
Patna, Bihar
The rustic Magadhi table — smoky litti-chokha, sattu drinks and paranthas, Silao khaja, Maner laddoo, khubi-ki-lai and thekua by the fistful.
Golghar, Patna
Patna, Bihar
The 1786 beehive granary built after a famine — a 29-m stupa-shaped dome with twin spiral stairways and a rooftop panorama over the Ganga.
Chhath Puja on the Ganga Ghats
Patna, Bihar
Bihar's grandest festival — hundreds of thousands on the Ganga ghats at dawn and dusk, offering arghya to the setting and rising sun in a river of lamps.
Buddha Smriti Park, Patna
Patna, Bihar
A tranquil city-centre memorial park with a stupa enshrining Buddha relics, meditation halls, a museum and landscaped lawns by Patna Junction.
Mahavir Mandir & Patna Sahib Ghats
Patna, Bihar
One of India's busiest Hanuman temples by the station, famed for its 'naivedyam' laddoo, and the Ganga ghats of old Patna City nearby.
Sabhyata Dwar & Marine Drive, Patna
Patna, Bihar
The grand 'Gateway of Civilisation' arch and the developed Ganga riverfront (JP Ganga Path) — an evening promenade of lights, lawns and river breeze.
Ganga River Cruise, Patna–Bhagalpur
Patna, Bihar
The revived Ganga cruise route — sailing past ghats, dolphin waters, Vikramshila and riverside villages on the great river that made Bihar.
Sanjay Gandhi Biological Park (Patna Zoo)
Patna, Bihar
Patna's leafy zoo-and-botanical garden — tigers, rhinos, a reptile house, toy train and boating lake, the city's classic family day out.
Kumhrar (Pataliputra Ruins)
Patna, Bihar
The excavated remains of Ashoka's imperial Pataliputra — the 80-pillared Mauryan assembly hall's polished sandstone column and the Arogya Vihara monastery.
Agam Kuan & Sheetala Mata, Patna
Patna, Bihar
The 'unfathomable well' of Ashokan antiquity beside the Sheetala Devi temple — a brick-ringed shaft steeped in Maurya legend and living worship.
Bihar Museum, Patna
Patna, Bihar
A world-class 2015 museum of Bihar's history — the famed Didarganj Yakshi, Maurya and Pala sculpture, a children's gallery and striking modern architecture.