Kaunhara Ghat
Ghat · Vishnu (the Gaja-Grah / Gajendra Moksha legend) · Hajipur, Vaishali, Bihar
Pilgrims bathe and pray at the confluence, especially on full-moon days
A river ghat at the sangam of the Ganga and the Gandak where worship and cremation have gone on side by side for centuries. The name comes from "kaun hara" - who lost - in the legend of the elephant and the crocodile, two reborn brothers whose fight in the river ended when Vishnu saved the elephant.
Plan your visit
- Area
- Vaishali
- Status
- Coming Soon
Festivals
- Kartik Purnima (November) and Chhath Puja (October–November)
Experiences here
- Chhath on the ghats: Bihar's own festival, and the largest thing that happens here
- Sonepur Mela: Asia's largest cattle fair, a month long, where two rivers meet
Tirtham can arrange here
Guide, car and stay around Vaishali
Also around Vaishali
- Sattu sharbat in summer: What Bihar drinks against the heat: roasted gram, water, lemon and salt, sold from carts on every corner.
- Vaishali archaeological museum: What was dug out of the city where the Buddha preached and Mahavira was born.
- Vaishali Mahotsav: The district's festival for Mahavira's birth, held in the town where he was born.
- Shahi litchi season: For five weeks each summer Muzaffarpur sells the litchi India knows it by, GI-registered in 2018.
- Lac bangles of Muzaffarpur: The lac bangles the district itself names as the town's craft.
- The Kartik Purnima fair at Sonepur: Asia's largest livestock fair, at the meeting of the Ganga and the Gandak, from Kartik Purnima.
Nearby places
- Vaishali: An early republic, sacred to Buddhists and Jains
- Ashokan Pillar, Kolhua: Kolhua is where the Buddha stayed repeatedly and is held to be where he gave his last sermon and...
- Abhishek Pushkarni: Pilgrims visit it as a holy bathing tank of the Lichchhavis, tied both to the Buddha's stay at Kolhua...
- Bhagwan Mahavir Janma Bhoomi, Basokund: Jains come to the birthplace of Mahavira; it is one of the principal Jain tirthas of Bihar
- Bawan Pokhar Temple: It is the principal Hindu shrine within the Vaishali archaeological complex, visited alongside the...
- Chaumukhi Mahadev: Devotees come to worship the four-faced Shivling, an unusual form not found elsewhere in the district
- Ramchaura Mandir: Devotees come for darshan of the footprints of Rama at a stop on his journey to Janakpur
- Budhi Mai Temple: Local and regional devotees come to the goddess Budhi Mai, chiefly at the time of her mela
Questions pilgrims ask
Why is Kaunhara Ghat important?
A river ghat at the sangam of the Ganga and the Gandak where worship and cremation have gone on side by side for centuries. The name comes from "kaun hara" - who lost - in the legend of the elephant and the crocodile, two reborn brothers whose fight in the river ended when Vishnu saved the elephant.
Which festivals are celebrated at Kaunhara Ghat?
Kartik Purnima (November) and Chhath Puja (October–November).
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