Aashapuri Maharani Temple, Ghosrawan
Temple · Aashapuri Maharani (a goddess) · Ghosrawan, Nalanda, Bihar
Local and regional devotees come to the goddess; the village is also a stop for the Pala-period...
A goddess temple described as one of the most famous in that locality, in a village 16 km south of Bihar Sharif that also holds Buddhist ruins and the well-known Ghosrawan Buddhist stone inscription.
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- Area
- Nalanda
- Status
- Coming Soon
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Also around Nalanda
- Sattu sharbat in summer: What Bihar drinks against the heat: roasted gram, water, lemon and salt, sold from carts on every corner.
- Magahi paan: The betel leaf of old Magadh, soft enough to melt in the mouth, grown under thatch in Nawada, Gaya, Aurangabad and Nalanda.
- Rajgir Mahotsav: Bihar's festival of classical dance and music, with a food fair, held in Rajgir each year.
- Silao khaja: A many-layered fried sweet made in Silao, on the road between Rajgir and Nalanda, GI-registered in 2018.
- 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.
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- Nalanda Mahavihara: The world's oldest residential university
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- Xuanzang Memorial Hall: Chinese, Korean, Japanese and Indian Buddhists come to venerate the relics of the pilgrim-scholar who...
- Black Buddha: Buddhists come for the ancient image itself; local Hindus have worshipped the same figure as Bhairav...
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- Surya Mandir, Surajpur Bargaon: It is one of Bihar's largest Chhath sites outside the river ghats; devotees come to offer arghya to the...
- Statue of Buddha, Jagdishpur: It is a living local shrine where an ancient Buddha image continues to receive Hindu worship, and a...
- Telhara monastery: It is the third great Magadhan mahavihara after Nalanda and Vikramshila, named in the Chinese pilgrims'...
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Why is Aashapuri Maharani Temple important?
A goddess temple described as one of the most famous in that locality, in a village 16 km south of Bihar Sharif that also holds Buddhist ruins and the well-known Ghosrawan Buddhist stone inscription.
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