Immaculate Conception Cathedral, Bhagalpur
Church · The Blessed Virgin Mary, under the title of the Immaculate Conception · Bhagalpur, Bihar
It is the mother church of the Catholic diocese covering eastern Bihar, and the focus of the diocesan...
The cathedral church and seat of the Latin-rite Roman Catholic Diocese of Bhagalpur, in the ecclesiastical province of Patna. GCatholic records its location code as Plus Code 7MQ86WXX+R9 (not converted here to lat/lon).
Plan your visit
- Area
- Sultanganj
- Status
- Coming Soon
Festivals
- Feast of the Immaculate Conception, 8 December
Tirtham can arrange here
Guide, car and stay around Sultanganj
Also around Sultanganj
- Manjusha art of Bhagalpur: The only Indian folk painting told as a strip, in three colours, of the Bihula-Bishahari legend; GI-registered in 2021.
- Bhagalpur silk: The tussar silk of the Silk City, GI-registered in 2013.
- Jardalu mango: Bhagalpur's pale, fragrant mango, sent every year to the President; GI-registered in 2018.
- Katarni rice and chura: The fragrant rice of the Munger-Bhagalpur plain, GI-registered in 2018, best known here as beaten rice.
- Dahi chura on Makar Sankranti: The Makar Sankranti breakfast across Bihar: flattened rice, curd and jaggery, with tilkut after.
Nearby places
- Ajgaibinath Dham, Sultanganj: Where the kanwar yatra begins, on the north-flowing Ganga
- Ruins of Vikramshila: Buddhist pilgrims and students of the dharma come to one of the two great Pala universities, from which...
- Bateshwar Sthan: To perform jalabhishek at an ancient linga on the Uttarvahini Ganga at the Ganga-Kosi confluence...
- Budhanath Temple: In Shravan the temple draws over a million devotees for Rudrabhishek and Jalabhishek, and the Bhagalpur...
- Champapuri: Champapuri is the only place where all five kalyanaks of Bhagwan Vasupujya occurred, which makes it one...
Questions pilgrims ask
Why is Immaculate Conception Cathedral important?
The cathedral church and seat of the Latin-rite Roman Catholic Diocese of Bhagalpur, in the ecclesiastical province of Patna. GCatholic records its location code as Plus Code 7MQ86WXX+R9 (not converted here to lat/lon).
Which festivals are celebrated at Immaculate Conception Cathedral?
Feast of the Immaculate Conception, 8 December.
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