Lying on the Southern bank of the Ganges, this lively city of 1.2 million people is the capital of Bihar and one of the oldest continuously inhabited places in the world.
The view of the Ganges from the city makes the former look more like a sea than a river: grand, extensive and boundless. Sacred to Sikhs, their tenth and last guru, Gobind Singh, was born here.
The monuments all over the city take one down to its glorious past. These also make Patna an ideal gateway for all the places on the Sikh and Buddhism pilgrimage circuits.
The city’s foremost landmark is the beehive shaped Golghar, a granary erected to store surpluses as reserves for possible food crisis. Also found here are the Khuda Baksh Oriental library containing rare manuscripts and the Patna museum, which boasts of a fine collection of Buddhist and Hindu terracotta, bronzes and stone sculptures.
Patna is the capital city of Bihar. In ancient times, it was used to be the capital of the Mauryans. Patna is the land of four rivers such as Ganga, Sone, Gandakand and Poonpun.
Also the capital city is heavily populated and the inhabitants are seen to follow the two great religions Buddhism and Jainism. The tourist map of Patna covers all the must see attractions of the place.
The beehive-shaped Gol Ghar offers a series of surrounding steps that can make you reach to the top and offers the panoramic view of the holy river Ganges and Patna city.
|
