Biharsharif
The shrine of Makhdum Shah Sharfuddin Yahya Maneri, and the urs that fills the town every year.
Nalanda belt
Places around Biharsharif
- Bari Dargah: Devotees of all communities come to offer chadar and make vows at the shrine of the saint who is...
- Chhoti Dargah, Biharsharif: Muslim devotees come to pray at the saint's tomb, particularly at the Urs
- Maqbara of Malik Ibrahim Baya: Devotees climb the hill to pray at the tomb of a soldier-saint, and the hilltop has a temple and park...
- Baba Maniram Akhara: People come for the Langot Fair and for the wrestlers' shrine
- Mora Talab Sun Temple: It is the town's Chhath and Surya worship tank
More to see and do
Silao khaja
A many-layered fried sweet made in Silao, on the road between Rajgir and Nalanda, GI-registered in 2018.
Flour dough folded into fine layers, fried crisp and soaked in sugar or jaggery. The shops line the road through Silao.
Bawan Buti weaving of Nalanda
Fifty-two motifs woven into one cloth, many of them Buddhist, by a few families of Basawan Bigha; GI-registered in June 2026.
Handloom saris and cloth with 52 small motifs (buti). Padma Shri weaver Kapil Deo Prasad and his family keep it alive.
Yatras through Biharsharif
- Sufi Yatra: Khanqahs and dargahs that have taken visitors of every faith for six hundred years
- Sun Temple Yatra: The shrines behind Chhath, Bihar's own festival
Experiences
- An urs, and the qawwali after it: The night a saint's death is kept as a wedding, with singing until dawn
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