Telhara Excavated Monastery
Nalanda, Bihar, India
Nearby attractions
Jethian–Rajgir Buddha Walk
Rajgir, Bihar
A pilgrim trek through the Jethian valley on the ancient path the Buddha walked from Rajgir to Nalanda — forested hills, villages and an annual Dharma Walk.
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.
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 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 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.
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.
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.