Tapovan
Sacred pool · associated with Rishi Vishwamitra; the Buddha is said to have bathed here · Tapovan Hills, Gaya, Bihar
Pilgrims take a holy dip in the hot springs, which are believed to cure chronic illness
Natural hot-water springs with caves, old ashrams and temples around them, about 20 km south of Rajgir on the Gaya-Rajgir route. Two hot streams are said to have been blessed by the Buddha; Hiuen Tsang records the Buddha bathing here.
Plan your visit
- Best season
- September to April
- Area
- Bodh Gaya
- Status
- Coming Soon
Tirtham can arrange here
Guide, car and stay around Bodh Gaya
Also around Bodh Gaya
- Litti chokha: The dish people mean when they say Bihari food.
- Sattu sharbat in summer: What Bihar drinks against the heat: roasted gram, water, lemon and salt, sold from carts on every corner.
- Tilkut on Ramna Road: Gaya's winter sweet, pounded from sesame and jaggery by hand for about 150 years, and eaten at Makar Sankranti.
- Anarsa of Gaya: The rice-and-sesame sweet Bihar Tourism places at Gaya.
- Magahi paan: The betel leaf of old Magadh, soft enough to melt in the mouth, grown under thatch in Nawada, Gaya, Aurangabad and Nalanda.
- The winter Tibetan market: Every winter, when the monasteries fill, Tibetan families set up a market beside the Mahabodhi temple.
Nearby places
- Mahabodhi Temple, Bodh Gaya: Where the Buddha attained enlightenment
- Muchalinda Sarovar: It marks the sixth week of the Buddha's post-enlightenment retreat
- Great Buddha Statue: It is the landmark image of modern Bodh Gaya, the first great Buddha built in India, consecrated by the...
- Sujata Stupa: It marks the house of Sujata, who offered the Buddha milk-rice under a banyan and ended his years of...
- Sujata Kuti: Pilgrims walking the Sujata route from Bodh Gaya stop here alongside the stupa
- Dungeshwari Cave Temple: This is where Siddhartha Gautama is believed to have practised severe austerities for six years before...
- Jagannath Temple, Bodh Gaya: Hindus in Bodh Gaya come for darshan and for the daily Mahaprasad
- Maya Sarovar: It is a devotional and family stop associated with Maya Devi, more a park and evening show than a shrine
Questions pilgrims ask
Why is Tapovan important?
Natural hot-water springs with caves, old ashrams and temples around them, about 20 km south of Rajgir on the Gaya-Rajgir route. Two hot streams are said to have been blessed by the Buddha; Hiuen Tsang records the Buddha bathing here.
When is the best time to visit Tapovan?
September to April.
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