Gautam Buddha & Barah Kshetra, Nawada
Nawada, Bihar, India
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Ghora Katora Lake, Rajgir
Rajgir, Bihar
A hill-ringed lake in the Rajgir valley with a giant 70-ft Buddha rising from the water — reached by eco-friendly horse-cart or pedal boat, no motors allowed.
Vishwa Shanti Stupa & Ropeway, Rajgir
Rajgir, Bihar
A gleaming white Japanese-built Peace Pagoda on Ratnagiri hill — four golden Buddhas and hill-and-valley panoramas, reached by Bihar's first chairlift ropeway.
Rajgir Nature Safari & Glass Bridge
Rajgir, Bihar
A hillside zoo-safari and eco-park with Bihar's first glass skywalk over a ravine — zip-lines, suspension bridges and Nalanda-hills adventure.
Cyclopean Wall & Bimbisara's Jail, Rajgir
Rajgir, Bihar
The 40-km ring of undressed stone that walled ancient Rajagriha, and the stone-walled enclosure where King Ajatashatru is said to have imprisoned his father Bimbisara.
Rajgir Hot Springs (Brahmakund)
Rajgir, Bihar
Sacred sulphur springs bubbling from Vaibhava hill into a warren of kunds and temples — a bathing pilgrimage since the Buddha's day.
Son Bhandar Caves, Rajgir
Rajgir, Bihar
Rock-cut Jain caves at Vaibhava hill's foot — the legendary 'treasury of gold' behind an undeciphered inscription, with polished chambers and a Shankha script.
Rajgir (Ancient Rajagriha)
Rajgir, Bihar
The first Magadhan capital in a bowl of five hills — cyclopean walls, the Buddha's Griddhakuta peak, hot springs, Jain temples and Jarasandha's akhara of legend.
Ghosrawan & Giryek (Buddhist Sites)
Nalanda, Bihar
Off-map Buddhist relics of the Nalanda-Rajgir belt — Ghosrawan's Pala Buddha images and the Giryek hill stupa ('Jarasandha ki Baithak') over the Panchane river.