Tour Packages for Patna

Capital of Bihar, sprawled on the southern banks of river Ganges, the city of Patna offers us a very fascinating tale about its history. Renowned by a host of names in the earlier times, like Kusumpur, Pushpapur and Azeemabad, the place was best known as Pataliputra. Legends have it that Ajatshatru, the first Magadh King, built a small fort in Pataligram, on the banks of the river Ganga, which later became a famous Mauryan metropolis of Pataliputra ruled by Chandragupta Maurya and his grandson Ashok.

Leaving its intriguing history behind, Patna is today more importantly known as the Gateway to gateway to the Buddhist and Jain pilgrim centres of Vaishali, Rajgir, Nalanda, Bodhgaya and Pawapuri. Enjoying a long river line, Patna is surrounded on its three sides by the rivers Ganges, Sone and Poonpun. A beehive shaped Golghar and a granary built to store surpluses against possible famines are the major landmarks of the city. You can also see this for yourself on Tour Packages for Patna.

Patna is a tourists delight and is home to many enthralling sites that attract many people to the city every year. The Patna museum that contains the metal and stone sculptures of the Gupta and Maurya periods, Harmandirji, a holy sikh shrine; Khuda Baksh Oriental Library, Agam Kuan, the profound well are some of the sites that are a must see in the city. Patna is well connected by road, rail and airways with major cities having daily flights to the place.