Gaya District
Gaya district is one of the thirty-eight districts of the Indian state of Bihar. It was officially established on 3 October 1865. The district has a common boundary with the state of Jharkhand to the south. Gaya city is both the district headquarters and the second-largest city in Bihar.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: district of India with 4,390,000 residents
- Description: district of Bihar, India
- Also known as: “Gaya” and “Gaya district”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mahabodhi Temple and Anugrah Narayan Magadh Medical College and Hospital.
Mahabodhi Temple
Buddhist temple
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.5.
The Mahabodhi Temple or the Mahābodhi Mahāvihāra, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is an ancient, but restored Buddhist temple in Bodh Gaya, Bihar, India, marking the location where the Buddha is said to have attained enlightenment. Mahabodhi Temple is situated 6 km south of Gaya District.
Anugrah Narayan Magadh Medical College and Hospital
Hospital
Anugrah Narayan Magadh Medical College and Hospital is a government medical college in Gaya, Bihar. It was established in 1969 and is affiliated with Bihar University of Health Sciences and approved by National Medical Commission.
Gaya Junction railway station
Railway station
Photo: Anup Sadi, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Gayaji Junction railway station is a junction station serving the city of Gayaji, the headquarters of Gayaji district and Magadh Division in the Indian state of Bihar. Gaya Junction railway station is situated 6 km north of Gaya District.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gaya and Bodh Gaya.
Gaya
Photo: Keymaker31, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Gaya is a major pilgrimage city in Bihar for Hindus. It is visited for doing piṇḍ dān and for visiting Bodh Gaya and Vishnupad temple.
Bodh Gaya
Photo: Photo Dharma, CC BY 2.0.
Bodh Gaya, located in the state of Bihar, the town holds immense spiritual significance as the site where Buddha Shakyamuni attained enlightenment. It is considered the most revered of all Buddhist sacred sites and forms a key part of the Buddhist Circuit.
Manpur
Town
Manpur is a block in Gaya District, India. The town is known for its handloom and railroad tie factory. It is situated on the banks of the Phalgu river. Manpur is situated 7 km northeast of Gaya District.
Gaya District
- Location: Bihar, Plains, India, South Asia, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Angika to Western Panjabi—“Gaya District” goes by many names.
- Angika: “गया जिला”
- Arabic: “جايا (الهند)”
- Arabic: “جايا”
- Armenian: “Գայա”
- Asturian: “distritu de Gaya”
- Asturian: “Gaya (distritu)”
- Asturian: “Gaya”
- Awadhi: “गया जिला”
- Azerbaijani: “Qaya (rayon)”
- Azerbaijani: “Qaya”
- Basque: “Gaya barrutia”
- Bengali: “গয়া জেলা”
- Bhojpuri: “गया जिला”
- Catalan: “districte de Gaya”
- Catalan: “Districte de Gaya”
- Cebuano: “Gayā”
- Chinese: “Gaya”
- Chinese: “格雅县”
- Chinese: “格雅縣”
- Dutch: “Gaya”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جايا (الهند)”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جايا”
- French: “district de Gaya”
- French: “District de Gaya”
- German: “Gaya”
- Gujarati: “ગયા જિલ્લો”
- Hindi: “गया जिला”
- Hindi: “गया”
- Hungarian: “Gaya”
- Italian: “distretto di Gaya”
- Italian: “Distretto di Gaya”
- Japanese: “ガヤー地区”
- Japanese: “ガヤー県”
- Maithili: “गया जिला”
- Malayalam: “ഗയ ജില്ല”
- Marathi: “गया जिल्हा”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Gaya”
- Nepali: “गया जिल्ला”
- Newari: “गया जिल्ला”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Gaya”
- Norwegian: “Gaya”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Districte de Gaya”
- Oriya: “ଗୟା ଜିଲ୍ଲା”
- Persian: “بخش گایا”
- Polish: “Gaya”
- Portuguese: “Gaia”
- Portuguese: “Gaya”
- Russian: “Гая”
- Sanskrit: “गयामण्डलम्”
- Santali: “ᱜᱟᱭᱟ ᱦᱚᱱᱚᱛ”
- Spanish: “Distrito de Gaya”
- Spanish: “Gaya”
- Swedish: “Gaya”
- Swedish: “Gayā”
- Tamil: “கயா மாவட்டம்”
- Tamil: “கயா”
- Telugu: “గయ జిల్లా”
- Telugu: “గయా జిల్లా”
- Thai: “อำเภอคยา”
- Urdu: “گیا ضلع”
- Vietnamese: “Gaya”
- Western Panjabi: “ضلع گایا”
- “गया जिला”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Gopi Bigha and Maranpur.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Khiriyawan and Lilajan River.
Bihar: Must-Visit Destinations
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