Patna - City

Patna is the capital of Bihar, and the second largest metropolis in eastern India. Fluxed by the three sacred rivers Ganga, Sone and the Poonpun, the journey of Patna through the ages can quite be an object of envy for any place brooding over its life-chronicle. The city tweets of a glorious past and perches on the briskness of a bustling and an up-and-coming metropolis. Legend has it that a sanctified Ganga had watched with reverence as a hallowed Buddha blessed this place to be a realm of great Kings and their Empires. Belonging to the blue family of cities with a royal heritage,it is the land where the greatest emperors of India walked, and where the greatest saints chose to preach. Guru Gobind Singh, the 10th Sikh Guru was born here. For anyone with a taste for history and religion, this place flies high.

The ancient name of Patna was 'Pataliputra' and it was the capital of the Maurya and Gupta empires. Located at the site where Patna is today, the ancient city of Patliputra, with a glorious period of history spanning a thousand years (500BC-400AD), saw the rise and fall of India's first major kingdoms.

How to go to Visit Patna? Transportation to Patna.

By plane

Patna Airport or Lok Nayak Jayaprakash Airport is a domestic airport. Directly connected to Delhi, Lucknow, Kolkata, Mumbai, Bangalore,Hyderabad,Chennai and Ranchi, there are daily flights to and from Delhi, Mumbai and Kolkata. Indian Airlines, Jet Airways, Jet Light, Kingfisher Airlines, Indigo Airlines& goAiroperate here.

By train

Patna is on the New Delhi - Howrah (Kolkata) railway main line (Patna Junction Code:PNBE). Long-distance trains arrive from many other major cities including Lucknow, Amritsar, Chandigarh, Vadodara, Surat, Nagpur, Pune, Raipur, Jaipur, Bhubaneswar, Puri, Allahabad, Varanasi, Ranchi, Chennai, Bangalore, Mysore, Hyderabad, Goa, Mangalore, Kozhikode and Kochi, Some of the important trains are:

Train from New Delhi

* Patna Rajdhani Exp (12309/12310) via Kanpur, Allahabad
* Samproon Kranti Exp(12393/12394) via Kanpur, Allahabad
* Sharmajeevi Exp(12391/12392) via Lucknow, Varanasi
* Magadh Exp. via Allahabad,Kanpur
* Vikramshila Exp(12367/12368) via Kanpur, Allahabad
* Garib Rath Exp(12353/12354) via Kanpur, Allahabad
* Kolkata Rajdhani(12305/12306) via Kanpur, Allahabad. Ends at Kolkata.
* Udyan Abha Toofan Exp(13007/13008) From Shri Ganganagar via Kanpur, Allahabad, Mugal Sarai, Patna, Durgapur. Ends at Kolkata.
* Lal Quila Exp(13111/13112) via Kanpur, Allahabad, Mugal Sarai. Ends at Kolkata.

Train from Kolkata

* Jan Shatabdi Exp(2023/2024)
* Danapur Exp(2351/2352)
* Garib Rath (All AC)(2359/2360)

Train from Bangalore

* Sanghmitra Exp.

Train from Mumbai

* RJPB CSTM Exp (2141/2142)
* RJPB LTT Exp (3201/3202)

Train from Varanasi

* Vihbhuti Exp(2333/2334)
* Mathura Patna Exp (13237/13238) via Kanpur, Ayodhya, Varanasi, Mugal sarai. Ends in Patna

Train from Ranchi

* Patna Hatia Exp(8623/8624) via Gaya, Bokaro
* Patna Ranchi Jan Shatabdi Exp(2365/2366) via Gaya, Bokaro


By car

Patna is connected by road with all major cities of the country via (National Highway 30,31 & 19). Here is the list of destinations by distance from Patna: BodhGaya (130km) ,Muzaffarpur (80km) Rajgir (103km), Vaishali (40 km), Kolkata (535km), Varanasi (300km), Delhi (988km), Ranchi (350km), Jamshedpur (470km) , Kathmandu (373km), Siliguri (380km), Darjeeling (430km), Nalanda (90km).

BSTDC (Bihar State Tourism Development Corporation) offers deluxe bus/car rental services for the following destinations: Bodhgaya, Ranchi, Rajgir , Pawapuri, Nalanda & Vaishali.

Place to see / Sightseeing in Patna / Place to Visit in Patna.

 * Patna Museum has more than 50,000 rare art objects, with many related to India in the ancient, middle ages and the British colonial era. Don't forget to see the Holy Relic Casket with the sacred ashes of Lord Buddha, and the beautiful statue YakshaniEntry for Foreigners 250 Rs Indians 10 Rs additional 250 Rs to see Holy Relic Casket.

* Har Mandir Saheb - The Birth place of 10th Guru of Sikhs, Guru Gobind Singh jee .

* Golghar - Captain John Garstin built a Golghar for the storage of food for the British army with storing capacity of 140000 tons on 20th July 1786.

* Kumhrar - Explore the ancient ruins of Pataliputra. Of the 80 pillars (Fa Hien, in 5th century AD, found the pillars shining as bright as glass) excavated at the site, only one remains unfortunately.

* Patna Zoo Sanjay Gandhi Botanical and Zoological Garden, Patna.

* Mahavir Mandir, near Patna Junction

* Gandhi Maidan is the heart of this city today

* Gandhi Museum near Gandhi Maidan

* Padri Ki Haveli ("Mansion of Padre"), also known as St Mary's Church, it is the oldest church in Bihar. When Roman Catholics were arrived in Bihar, They built a small church in 1713 at a place now known as "Padri-ki-Haveli'.

* Pathar ki Masjid is built by Pervez, the elder brother of Shah Jahan and the first Mughal prince who made Bihar his residence

* Khuda Baksh Oriental Library Ashok Rajpath.

* Mahatma Gandhi Setu, the bridge over the river Ganges connecting Patna and Hajipur.

* Buddha Smriti Park, Near Railway Station. A large park with a stupa and meditation ground where ashes of Buddha are kept edit
* Sonepur Mela Sonepur. This is the largest cattle and animal fair in Asia. It is held in November in Sonepur which across the Ganges from Patna. edit
* Vaishali Stupa. Buddhist site with one of the oldest stupa. This is also the site of world's oldest republic

Hotels/ place to stay in Patna.

Country Club International , Patliputra colony Hotel Akash , Frazer Road Hotel Anand Regency, Near Patna Junction(Railway Station) Hotel Clark Inn, Jamal Road Hotel Magadh, Bhatacharya Road-Naya Tola crossing Hotel Marina , Frazer Road Hotel Mayur , Frazer Road Hotel Nand, Bhatacharya Road-Naya Tola crossing Hotel New Akash , Frazer Road Hotel President, Frazer Road Hotel Vijay Shree Deluxe, Exhibition Road NOT a budget hotel very average looking rooms start from 2750 INR a night.