Ghosrawan & Giryek (Buddhist Sites)
Nalanda, Bihar, India
Nearby attractions
Pawapuri (Jalmandir Jain Temple)
Pawapuri, Bihar
The white-marble temple afloat in a lotus lake where Lord Mahavira attained nirvana and was cremated — Jainism's supreme pilgrimage in Bihar.
Nava Nalanda Mahavihara & Silao (Khaja)
Nalanda, Bihar
The modern Pali-Buddhist deemed university reviving Nalanda's learning, and nearby Silao — famed across Bihar for its flaky, layered khaja sweet.
Kundalpur (Mahavira's Birthplace)
Nalanda, Bihar
A Digambar Jain pilgrimage village believed to be the birthplace of Lord Mahavira — temples, a great tank and a serene Jain heritage near Nalanda.
Nalanda Sarai Mound & Surajpur Baragaon
Nalanda, Bihar
The Surya temple and great tank of Baragaon beside the Nalanda ruins — a living Chhath-and-Surya pilgrimage on an ancient mound.
Biharsharif (Sufi Dargah & Bari Dargah)
Biharsharif, Bihar
The Sufi heart of old Bihar — the hilltop Bari Dargah of Makhdum Shah Sharfuddin, a great Urs fair and the shrines that gave 'Bihar' (vihara) its name.
Nalanda Archaeological Museum & Xuanzang Memorial
Nalanda, Bihar
The museum of Nalanda's finds — bronze and stucco Buddhas, seals and manuscripts — beside the memorial hall to the Chinese pilgrim Xuanzang who studied here.
Nalanda University Ruins
Nalanda, Bihar
The red-brick bones of the ancient world's greatest university — monasteries, stupas and lecture halls where 10,000 monks from across Asia once studied logic, medicine and the stars, until the libraries burned in 1193. A UNESCO site radiating quiet grandeur.
Nalanda Multimedia Museum & Glory of Nalanda
Nalanda, Bihar
A 3-D animation museum bringing the rise and fall of the great university to life, beside the Hiuen Tsang memorial and Nalanda's lotus gardens.
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.
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.
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 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.