Gaya

Gaya is a major pilgrimage city in for Hindus. It is visited for doing piṇḍ dān and for visiting and Vishnupad temple.
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  • Type: City with 464,000 residents
  • Description: Holy City in Bihar, India
  • Also known as: Gaya, India” and “Gyah
  • Neighbors: and

Places of Interest

Highlights include Gaya Junction railway station.

Railway station
Gayaji Junction railway station is a junction station serving the city of Gayaji, the headquarters of and Magadh Division in the Indian state of .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Manpur.

Town
is a block in Gaya District, . The town is known for its handloom and railroad tie factory. It is situated on the banks of the Phalgu river.

Gaya

Latitude
24.7964° or 24° 47′ 47″ north
Longitude
85.008° or 85° 0′ 29″ east
Population
464,000
Elevation
117 metres (384 feet)
IATA airport code
GAY
United Nations Location Code
IN GAY
Open location code
7MP7Q2W5+H5
Open­Street­Map ID
node 245726282
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
1271439
Wiki­data ID
Q251329
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Wu Chinese—“Gaya” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: Gaja
  • Albanian: Gaya, Indi
  • Arabic: غايا
  • Armenian: Գայա
  • Asturian: Gaya
  • Azerbaijani: Qaya (Hindistan)
  • Azerbaijani: Qaya
  • Bengali: গয়া
  • Bhojpuri: गया
  • Bishnupriya: গয়া
  • Burmese: ဂါယာမြို့
  • Catalan: Gaya
  • Cebuano: Gaya
  • Chinese: 格雅
  • Czech: Gaja
  • Czech: Gaya
  • Danish: Gaya
  • Dutch: Gaya (stad)
  • Dutch: Gaya
  • Egyptian Arabic: جايا)
  • Egyptian Arabic: جايا
  • Esperanto: Gaja
  • Fiji Hindi: Gaya
  • Finnish: Gaya
  • French: Gaya
  • Fulah: Gaya
  • Georgian: გაია (ინდოეთი)
  • Georgian: გაია
  • German: Gaya
  • Greek: Γκάγια
  • Gujarati: ગયા
  • Hebrew: גיאה
  • Hindi: गया
  • Hungarian: Gajá
  • Indonesian: Gaya, Magadh, Bihar
  • Indonesian: Gaya
  • Irish: Gaya
  • Italian: Gaya
  • Japanese: ガヤ
  • Japanese: ガヤー
  • Japanese: ガヤー市
  • Kannada: ಗಯಾ
  • Kannada: ಗಯೆ
  • Kashmiri: گیا
  • Korean: 가야
  • Ladin: Gaya
  • Latvian: Gaja
  • Lithuanian: Gaja
  • Malay: Gaya
  • Malayalam: ഗയ
  • Marathi: गया
  • Mingrelian: გაია
  • Nepali: गया
  • Newari: गया
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Gaya
  • Norwegian: Gaya
  • Oriya: ଗୟା
  • Pampanga: Gaya, India
  • Persian: گایا
  • Polish: Gaja
  • Portuguese: Gaia
  • Portuguese: Gaya
  • Pushto: گايا
  • Russian: Гая
  • Sanskrit: गया
  • Santali: ᱜᱟᱭᱟ
  • Serbian: Гаја
  • Sinhala: ගයා, ඉන්දියාව
  • Sinhala: ගයා
  • Spanish: Gaya
  • Swedish: Gaya, Indien
  • Swedish: Gaya
  • Tagalog: Gaya, India
  • Tamil: கயா
  • Tamil: கயை
  • Tatar: Гайя
  • Telugu: గయ
  • Thai: คยา
  • Turkish: Gaya, Hindistan
  • Turkish: Gaya
  • Ukrainian: Гая
  • Ukrainian: Ґая
  • Urdu: گیا
  • Uzbek: Gaya (Hindiston)
  • Uzbek: Gaya
  • Venetian: Gaya
  • Vietnamese: Gaya
  • Waray (Philippines): Gaya, Indya
  • Western Panjabi: گایا
  • Western Panjabi: گیا
  • Wu Chinese: 加雅
  • Wu Chinese: 格雅
  • गया

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