Bhagalpur : Bihar -Burhanath Temple,Dadamuni Bari

BHAGALPUR 25;15’;;86 58’

Continent---Asia

Country—India

State—Bihar

Distance from country capital Delhi - 1250km---(via Patna the state capital)

Postal Pin code—812001

STD code- 641

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River bank - The Ganges

Approach –The old town ship is connected by river rout ,railways and roadways from rest of the country

Local language - Hindi and Angika (adiversion of Magahi to Maithili) English and Urdu and

Bengali in educational institutional pockets

Lodging—Middle to upper middle class hotels lodges,rest houses, circuit house dakbunglow , inspection bunglows, dharma shalas are available on moderate charges.

Food-East Indian style rice pulse, sabjee chokha,chatni, litti, puri and varity of sweets are all

available .South Indian style dosa ,idli bara etc along with veg and non veg dishes can also be had.

Drink—Drinking water is available in plenty. But there is dearth of sweet water in many localities .Branded drinks of all types are available as per requirement.

Local transport—Auto rickshaws and Cycle rickshaws are main local conveyance Few

local areas are covered by time bound local buses. In emergency services of horse carts are also there

About the site—Bhagalpur has its own history of silk industry to tell and many historilogical item to show to the visitors. Few of them can be enumerated as ----

1. Burhanath Temple—Situated in the centre of the longitudinal extention of the town ,on the bank of the Ganges it is the main attraction and pious place of worshiping lord Shiva every day

2. Dudheshwar nath temple - It is situated in main market in Sujaganj

3. JAIN TEMPLE - It is in marwarigali.Digamber and Shwetamber both type of jain devotees worship here.

4. Remnants of residence of the great Bengali writer Saratchandra Chatopadhya—It is situated on the bank of the ganges in Tatarpur locality.Great novels like Devdas, Bari bahu,and Biraj bahu and Charitrahin include characteristic description features of this place.

5. Dada muni Bari—Ruins and remnants of house of great legend of Bollywood, Ashok kumar is situated in Adampur mohala.

6. Kuppa ghat---It is an ashram situated 5 km away from Bhagalpur on the bank of the ganges .The ashram is known by the name of Santmat Satsang. Large number of devotees are followers of the methodology prescribed by the ashram. It has its own press, education, yog school and recreational activity A tunnel cave is also there for practicing meditation.

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