GANDHISETU, GAIGHAT , GURUDWARA PATNA 25: 36’::85:8’
Continent_Asia
Country_India
State_Bihar
Dist-Patna
GANDHI SETU BRIDGE |
PIN Code—800001
STD code—0612
Location On Satellite Imagery_Near path N.104 and row N54of IRC IC Satellite
River---The Ganges
Approach__Patna the state capital of Bihar is connected by Road, rail and airways from other important cities of India
Language__Hindi,Magahi.Bhojpuri.Maithali. Partly and occasionally English in literate society, Bengali and Urdu in pocket
STAY—High, middle and low class hotels ,rest houses, lodges dakbunglow, dharamsala ,youth hostels etc are available of ones own choice at moderately affordable charges .
FOOD_Hindustani ,specially Bihari rice,pulse, litti , chatni, cho kha , dosa , idli alongwith fast food and variety of sweets and puddings etc are available. Non-veg food can be had in plenty. Local special non veg dish is Bagery Harial, Titar, Bater etc are available in central Patna.
DRINK_ Sweet drinking water is available in plenty. Besides, it soft and hard both can also be had easily.
Local Transport__ Services of luxury tourist buses, auto rickshaw, cycle rickshaw, town bus,tam tam, can be available and enjoyed .Besides private rented cars and pre paid taxis are also available
About the site - A recently
constructed bridge over the river Ganges
connecting north and south side
population of India a special facilitation of
people of north Bihar and south Bibar
for daily to and fro movement .It is one
among the longest bridges
of Asia. The length of the
bridge
is about 5.5km. It was completed
in 1982 and opened to public by Smt
Indira Gandhi the then Prime minister
of India.It has 48 intermediate spans of
121 meters each resting on 50 pillars. The bridge is named ‘ Gandhi Setu ‘because Mahatma
Gandhi or the father of the nation
crossed the Ganges on boat to visit
Champaran and started his freedom
movement by disobeying laws against
cultivation of Nil.
It is also also called
Gai ghat bridge. Because from very old days,
people of both sides of the Ganges
used to ferry their cattle to and fro
for various purposes. The reason may be low
depth profile of the river at
this place. It is also called Gai ghat
Tirth because Ram along with Lakshman
and his teacher saint Vishwamitra to
go to Janakpur in mithila and married
Sita, Krishna crossed the Ganges at
this very place while traveling from Kurukhetra
along with Bhim and Arjun and went
to Rajgir via Gorathgiri now Brabarhill
and got victory over Jarasandh by
Bhim in wrestling.
Gautam Budh also crossed
the holy river at this place,after
staying one night at town hall of
Patliputra and proceeding to Chapra for
Mahaparinirwan through a reception gate now
Pachim Darwaja, Guru Teg Bahadur also organized
his first Sangat in the vicinity of
this place now GAI GHAT GURUDWARA after
coming from the Punjab and crossing the
ganges over here
At present it is earmarked ghat on the South bank of the Ganges below the Gandhi setu. Now it houses headquarter of River Marine Transport Cargo and Shipping establishment and School of Marine Institute .Shiv Mandir, Durga Mandir and Gaighat gurudwara are little southward .
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