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Bodh Gaya

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Worth seeing in and around Bodh Gaya

6 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.

  1. 01
    Mahabodhi Temple

    Buddhist temple in Bodh Gaya, Bihar, India

    500 m · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Magadh University

    State public university in Gaya, Bihar, India

    2.5 km · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    The Great Buddha

    Buddha's statue

    1 km · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Buddha Institute of Technology

    Engineering college in Gaya, India

    4 km · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Wat Thai Buddhagaya

    Buddhist monastery in India

    500 m · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Archaeological Museum of Bodhgaya

    Archaeology museum in Bodhgaya, Bihar, India

    400 m · Wikipedia

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Getting to Bodh Gaya

Airports
Lal Bahadur Shastri (VNS), 230 km
  • Varanasi → Bodh Gaya
    211 km · quickest by road, 3h 42m · ₹1,590–1,980
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  • Siliguri → Bodh Gaya
    411 km · quickest by road, 8h 15m · ₹3,470–4,340
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  • Kolkata → Bodh Gaya
    418 km · quickest by road, 7h 46m · ₹3,220–4,030
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No local-transport research exists yet for Bodh Gaya

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 Bodh Gaya. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • 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.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    GhandrukNP

    8 ways of moving, 32 sources

    426 km
  2. 02
    Sagar Island and GangasagarIN

    11 ways of moving, 15 sources

    463 km
  3. 03
    Sohra (Cherrapunji)IN

    8 ways of moving, 23 sources

    682 km
  4. 04
    Dawki and ShnongpdengIN

    9 ways of moving, 23 sources

    711 km
  5. 05
    TawangIN

    7 ways of moving, 24 sources

    758 km

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Around it

Next door to Bodh Gaya

Bodh Gaya is 11 km from Gaya, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

  • Bakraurvillage in Gaya District in Bihar2.2 km
  • Mocharimvillage in Bihar, India2 km
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