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and Nagkut Mountain. Brahmayoni offers a Max: 31.0°C Min: Rain: 8.0mm 19.20000076 sensational view of the plains. Shopaholics 2939453°C Gaya must visit the famous G B Road and May One of the most important cities in Pleasant weather. Carry Light woollen. Reaching Gaya is easy as it is well-connected , Gaya is also known as the Max: 34.0°C Min: Rain: 20.0mm to other regions through rail, road and air. 22.60000038 land of and . It 1469727°C Bodhgaya is the nearest airport from where Jun serves as the second largest city of a large number of international flights for after Patna and brings a lot of Pleasant weather. Carry Light woollen, Thailand, Japan and Myanmar ply on a daily umbrella. tourism to the state. Famous For : City basis. You can also travel to Patna, which is Max: 33.0°C Min: Rain: 137.0mm around 125 km from Gaya and has direct 21.89999961 8530273°C Gaya is of great religious importance to trains for Kolkata, Delhi and Mumbai.  Jul and Buddhists and is home to Pleasant weather. Carry Light woollen, numerous ancient temples and When To umbrella. archaeological sites. An amalgamation of Max: 29.5°C Min: Rain: 315.0mm 21.10000038 age-old cultures and modern lifestyle, this 1469727°C city is a must-visit for all the travellers. From VISIT Aug three sides it is surrounded by small rocky Pleasant weather. Carry Light woollen, hills and on the fourth side there is a http://www.ixigo.com/weather-in-gaya-lp-1137306 umbrella. beautiful river flowing. Age-old buildings Max: 29.0°C Min: 22.5°C Rain: 328.0mm surrounded by lush greenery offers a sight Jan Sep to behold. Cold weather. Carry Heavy woollen. Pleasant weather. Carry Light woollen, Max: 17.0°C Min: Rain: 20.0mm umbrella. It is situated on the banks of Falgu river and 8.800000190 734863°C Max: 29.0°C Min: Rain: 206.0mm is one of the most sacred religious site not 20.70000076 2939453°C only for Hindus but for Buddhists and Jains Feb Cold weather. Carry Heavy woollen. alike. This place holds immense importance Oct Max: 20.0°C Min: Rain: 20.0mm in the Hindu epic, and is also Pleasant weather. Carry Light woollen, 10.60000038 umbrella. known as the place where Gautam Buddha 1469727°C Max: 27.0°C Min: Rain: 53.0mm preached his Fire Sermon. Gaya is just 11 Mar 17.79999923 7060547°C kms from , the place where Cold weather. Carry Heavy woollen. Gautam Buddha attained enlightenment. Max: 25.5°C Min: Rain: 13.0mm Nov 14.69999980 This Pdf and its contents are copyright © Cold weather. Carry Heavy woollen. 2013,ixigo.com, all rights reserved. ixigo logo, the Among the most prominent attractions of 9265137°C character and all other marks displayed herein are Max: 21.5°C Min: Rain: 10.0mm registered and/or common law trademarks of the region are counted the Narmada Mata ixigo.com and/or third parties. Apr 13.19999980 Temple, Vishnupad Temple, Mangla Gauri 9265137°C Pleasant weather. Carry Light woollen. Temple, River Ghats, Pretshila Hills Dec Gaya Travel Guide - http://www.ixigo.com/travel-guide/gaya page 2

Cold weather. Carry Heavy woollen. Before the actual prayer, haggling with Hill. The inner sanctum houses the goddess Max: 17.5°C Min: Rain: 3.0mm , Bihar, India 9.100000381 pandas is inevitable. Though the crowds are and contains some ancient carvings and 469727°C The main focus in this mammoth temple constant, the temple management makes relief sculptures on the walls. Several other complex, which is home to 14 temples, is an effort to keep the area clean by shrines are dedicated to Lord , Lord constantly having the compound washed , Goddess and Goddess . What To the 30-m high temple of Vishnupad, to the right of the entrance. The temple has eight and cleaned. rows of beautifully carved pillars, which 3 Mangla Gauri Temple 4 Phalgu River Ghats SEE support a mandapa (pavilion). In the 5 Sights sanctum is the footprint of Vishnu, Gaya’s patron deity, 40-cm long and carved in http://www.ixigo.com/places-to-visit-see-in-gaya-lp-1137306 basalt, placed in an octagonal enclosure. 1 Narmada Mata Temple The walls are engraved with the Vishnu Sahasranam (1,000 glorious names of Lord Vishnu). Above the Vishnupad is a silver umbrella (the chat khappar), engraved with the different avatars of Vishnu. Atop the structure is a 50-kilo gold flag, donated by a devotee, Gayapal Panda Bal Govind Sen. Phalgu River, Gaya District, Bihar, To the right of the entrance is a temple to India Garuda, Vishnu’s vahan. The main bronze The Puranas explain that the name Phalgu is bell in the compound was presented by a combination of phala (merit) and gau Ranjit Pandey, minister of the (wishgiving cow), the etymology implying erstwhile King Rana of Nepal. Another bell that the river manifests the highest piety Dandia Bazaar, Bharuch,Gujrat that hangs at the entrance was gifted by a Gaya District, Bihar, India and merit, with a particularly special status 392012,India British officer named Gillander, in January as a site for performing ancestral rites. 1790. Also within the complex are temples The Mangala Gauri Temple is dedicated to 2 Vishnupad temple to Shiva, Panchamukhi (fiveheaded) Ma Mangala Gauri, a benevolent incarnation Two streams, Lilajan and Mohana, , the 16 vedis (different rishis), of . The present temple was built in originating from Korambe Pahar, a 767-m Sakshi Gopal, Krishna Dwaraka, Indra, a the 15th century and has been mentioned in high hill about 75 km south of Gaya, meet shrine to Maharani Ahilyabai Holkar, and the the Puranas and some ancient Tantric texts. about 5 km south of Gaya, and the resulting Adi Gadadhar Mandir, from where one It is believed that during Shiva’s river is named Phalgu. Lilajan is also the old descends to the Phalgu River. The temple is Tandav after ’s self immolation, her name of Niranjana, a river in which the almost always filled with many young breasts fell in this place. Buddha bathed and finally released his couples sitting with priests, performing begging bowl. Continuing to flow rituals for the well-being of their ancestors. The temples stands atop the Mangalagauri Gaya Travel Guide - http://www.ixigo.com/travel-guide/gaya page 3

approximately 82 km north of Gaya, the 8 Km North-West of Gaya, Gaya, More,Swarajpuri Road, Gaya – 823 Be Happy Cafe, Bodhgaya, Bihar Phalgu turns and finally meets the Ganga. Bihar 823001, India 001, Bihar However, throughout the greater part of the Rs. 100 Pretshila is a sacred place for Hindus where +91-631-2220038 year the Phalgu River remains dry but water +91-87971-18390 continues to be present under the sand 'Pindas' are been offered to the ancestors A centrally located restaurant in Gaya, Bihar (antashalila) and if you scoop the sand with by many devotees. On the summit of the hill Be Happy Cafe is where you can sip coffee, with a multi cuisine variety on its menu, your hands, you can immediately touch is a temple of the Pretaraja or God Yama of have a chit-chat with your friends and surf Khushi Family Restaurant stands as one of clear water. The river runs full during the Hindu mythology.This ‘rock of ghosts’ could Internet. The cafe is fully air conditioned the most popular restaurants in the city. You monsoon (Aug-Sep). have been a site of spirit worship that was with wi-fi connectivity. Be Happy Cafe serves can have all sorts of Indian, Chinese and transformed over time into a site for you with pizzas, cakes and sandwiches etc at continental food here, served by a pleasant Currently, 11 ghats along the west bank of ancestral worship. Later, the two shrines of a decent price. A must visit for casual staff. the Phalgu River are used for rituals, Pretabhairavi (the goddess of ghosts) and meetings. Vishnu were added. bathing, and ancestral rites. The Shamshan 2 Om Restaurant (cremation) Ghat is the southernmost and is 4 Sukiyaki Restaurant used only for cremations. The area between Where To Gadadhar and Sangat ghats is most intensively used for various types of rituals, ablutions and festivities. On the east bank, Eat facing Vishnupad, is the Kund, marked 5 Places by a cluster of small shrines. At , http://www.ixigo.com/foods-in-of-gaya-lp-1137306 you can see a tiny image of Sita within a small basin, and a stone image of a hand 1 Khushi Family Restaurant holding a ball, which symbolises the right hand of ’s father Dasharath, who stretched his hand out from the other world NH 22, Gaya, Bihar, India to receive the pinda offered by Sita. A Bodhgaya Road, Bodh Gaya, Bihar Shivaling and an idol of Rama are This little restaurant in Gaya serves you with worshipped here with offerings of pindas. 5 Hotel Buddha & Restaurant very nice food at a quite cheap price. Om The stairway to this bank, known as the restaurant offers you with a variety of Indian Ramgaya Ghat, is used for religious and Chinese dishes on its menu. purposes associated with this cluster.

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Hotel Buddha is the best Restaurant in Gaya, also known as a Yuvraj restaurant. It is nearest to Railway Station, Gaya. You can access Banks and other important Places easily. Gaya Travel Guide - http://www.ixigo.com/travel-guide/gaya page 5

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See A: Narmada Mata Temple B: Vishnupad temple C: Mangla Gauri Temple D: Phalgu River Ghats E: Pretshila Hill Accommodation F: Sangh Shree Guest House G: Sukhdeo Palace H: Rajwara Resorts I: Sangh Shree Guest House J: Sukhdeo Palace K: Rajwara Resorts L: Sangh Shree Guest House M: Sukhdeo Palace N: Rajwara Resorts Food O: Khushi Family Restaurant P: Om Restaurant Q: Be Happy Cafe R: Sukiyaki Restaurant S: Hotel Buddha & Restaurant