These days, I have made it a point to visit new places in Bihar when I go to Patna. Improved roads and better law and order conditions make...
READ MORENalanda – The Lost Beacon of Knowledge
by Puru | Dec 17, 2013 | Travelogues
More than 1000 years ago, there was a University like no where else in the world. A flourishing center of knowledge, this university called...
READ MORERajgir – The Abode of Kings
by Puru | Dec 10, 2013 | Travelogues
When Ekta and I went to Patna in August, the weather was unusually hot for late monsoons and we could hardly go out. However we did manage to...
READ MOREVishwa Shanti Stupa
by Puru | Aug 16, 2013 | Photography
Vishwa Shanti Stupa (World Peace Pagoda) in Rajgir (Rajgriha), Bihar is one of the 80 Peace Pagodas built by the Japanese around the world....
READ MORETracing the footsteps of Buddha I: Bodh Gaya
by Purnendu Singh | Oct 10, 2011 | Featured, Travelogues
When I went home this Durga Puja, I had a clear purpose in mind, to somehow see Bodh Gaya. I know it’s a shame that I hadn’t been to Bodh...
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