Kauakol & Gehlaur (Dashrath Manjhi's Path)
Gaya, Bihar, India
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Barabar Buddha Vana & Patharkatti
Gaya, Bihar
The granite-carving village of Patharkatti below Barabar, where artisans have shaped stone idols and mortars for centuries in the black granite of the Maurya hills.
Barabar Caves (Oldest Rock-Cut Caves)
Jehanabad, Bihar
India's oldest surviving rock-cut caves (3rd c. BCE) — Ashoka's mirror-polished granite chambers for the Ajivika ascetics, the 'Marabar Caves' of E.M. Forster.
Nagarjuna & Barabar Hill Caves
Jehanabad, Bihar
The Nagarjuni hill's Ashokan-era caves (Gopika, Vadithi, Vapiyaka) beside Barabar — Maurya rock-cut chambers with Dasharatha's dedicatory inscriptions.
Pretshila & Ramshila Hills, Gaya
Gaya, Bihar
Two temple-hills of the Gaya pind-daan circuit — Pretshila's Ahalya Bai temple and steep climb, and Ramshila's ridge shrines over the pilgrimage city.
Vishnupad Temple, Gaya
Gaya, Bihar
The great temple over Vishnu's 40-cm footprint on the Falgu's bank — India's supreme site for pind-daan ancestral rites during the autumn Pitru Paksha.
Dungeshwari Cave Temples (Mahakala Caves)
Bodh Gaya, Bihar
The hillside caves where the Buddha practised six years of severe austerity before enlightenment — a gaunt 'emaciated Buddha' shrine reached by a short climb.
Brahmayoni Hill & Gaya Ghats
Gaya, Bihar
The temple-hill above Gaya climbed by 400-plus steps — the Buddha's Fire Sermon site by tradition, with shrines, a cave and a fine city-and-Falgu panorama.
Amawan & Kako Imamganj (Sufi Sites)
Jehanabad, Bihar
The Sufi and Hindu shrine country of Jehanabad — Kako's revered Bibi Kamalo dargah and old temples of the Magadh plains near Barabar.
Sujata Stupa & Village, Bodh Gaya
Bodh Gaya, Bihar
Across the Falgu river, the great mound marking where the milkmaid Sujata offered the fasting Buddha kheer — the moment he chose the Middle Way.