Barabar
The oldest rock cut caves in India, polished to a mirror and given to the Ajivikas by Ashoka.
Gaya belt
Places around Barabar
- Barabar Caves: Shaiva devotees climb to the Siddheshwar Nath temple, and the caves draw pilgrims and visitors as the...
- Lomas Rishi Cave: Visitors come for the facade; devotional use of the cave itself is historical rather than current
- Nagarjuni Caves: They are visited as the companion set to Barabar and as some of the oldest dated rock-cut chambers and...
- Kauvadol: It is a secondary stop on the Barabar circuit; images at the foot of the hill still receive local...
- Siddheshwar Nath Temple, Barabar: It is the active place of worship on Barabar hill; Shaiva pilgrims climb for jalabhishek, particularly...
Yatras through Barabar
- Mauryan and Ashokan Bihar: The capital of an empire that reached Afghanistan, and the pillars it left behind
- Silence and Stillness: Bihar is where meditation was taught first, and it is still taught here free
Experiences
- Sit in a cave: People have gone to these rooms to be alone for two thousand two hundred years
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