Bakraur
Bakraur, sometimes called Bakrour, is a village located slightly east of Bodh Gaya in the state of Bihar, India.
Bakraur, sometimes called Bakrour, is a village located slightly east of Bodh Gaya in the state of Bihar, India. It lies directly across the Phalgu River from the town of Bodh Gaya, where Gautama Buddha is said to have attained enlightenment.
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Worth seeing in and around Bakraur
4 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Mahabodhi Temple
The Mahabodhi Temple or the Mahābodhi Mahāvihāra, is a restored Buddhist temple in Bodh Gaya, Bihar, India, marking the location where the Buddha is said to have attained enlightenment, according to the Buddhist faith. A UNESCO World Heritage Site, the site contains a tree believed to be a descendant of the Bodhi Tree under which the Buddha gained enlightenment and which has been a major pilgrimage destination of Buddhists for over two thousand years.
1.2 km · Buddhist temple in Bodh Gaya, Bihar, India · Wikipedia - 02The Great Buddha
The Great Buddha is a religious statue located at Bodh Gaya in Bihar, India. It is a Buddhist pilgrimage and tourist sight.
2.3 km · Buddha's statue · Wikipedia - 03Wat Thai Buddhagaya
Wat Thai Buddhagaya is a Thai Theravada Buddhist monastery in Bodh Gaya, Bihar, India. It was constructed by the Government of Thailand, at the invitation of the Government of India, as part of the development of foreign monasteries serving Buddhist pilgrimage at Bodh Gaya.
1.9 km · Buddhist monastery in India · Wikipedia - 04Archaeological Museum of Bodhgaya
Archaeological Museum of Bodhgaya is a museum of archaeology in Bodhgaya, Bihar, India, located near the Mahabodhi Temple complex. Established by the Archaeological Survey of India in 1956, it features several sculptures, artifacts and antiquities pertaining to Buddhism and Hinduism from 2nd century BC to 11th century CE, including some objects and coins from Mauryan, Gupta and Mughal periods.
1.7 km · archaeology museum in Bodhgaya, Bihar, India · Wikipedia
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Getting to Bakraur
- Airports
- Lal Bahadur Shastri (VNS), 231 km
- Varanasi → Bakraur212 km · quickest by road, 3h 46m · ₹1,600–2,000
- Siliguri → Bakraur409 km · quickest by road, 8h 14m · ₹3,470–4,340
- Kolkata → Bakraur417 km · quickest by road, 7h 50m · ₹3,240–4,050
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No local-transport research exists yet for Bakraur
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Bakraur. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inFrom there, visitors can travel to Bodh Gaya by bus or by autorickshaw.
- Get inRickshaw fares vary, but tourists should expect to pay around ₹50 for a shared ride or ₹200-250 for private one.
- Get inRickshaws are widely available, making transportation convenient.
- Get aroundBy far the most convenient way to get around Bodh Gaya are the auto-rickshaws, cycle-rickshaws, and tourist taxis.
- Go nextShared jeeps plying the route between Rajgir and Bihar Sharif make a stop at the turnoff for Nalanda.
From Wikivoyage: Bodh Gaya, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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Next door to Bakraur
Bakraur is 11 km from Gaya, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.