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Kumhrar

Kumhrar or Kumrahar is the area of Patna where remains of the ancient city of Pataliputra were excavated by the Archaeological Survey of India starting from 1913.

Kumhrar
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The place

Kumhrar or Kumrahar is the area of Patna where remains of the ancient city of Pataliputra were excavated by the Archaeological Survey of India starting from 1913. It is located 5 km east of Patna Railway Station.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Kumhrar

10 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
    Mahatma Gandhi Setu

    Mahatma Gandhi Setu is a bridge over the river Ganga in Bihar, India, connecting Patna in the south to Hajipur in the north. Its length of 5,750 metres makes it the fourth-longest river bridge in India.

    3.4 km · bridge in India Mahatma Gandhi setu patna · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Patna University

    Patna University is a Public State University located in Patna, Bihar, India. It was established on 1 October 1917 during the British Raj.

    2.8 km · state public university in Patna, Bihar, India · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Agam Kuan

    Agam Kuan is an ancient well and archaeological site in Patna, Bihar, India. It is said to date back to the period of Mauryan emperor, Ashoka.

    1.3 km · archaeological site in Bihar, India · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Moin-ul-Haq Stadium

    Moin-ul-Haq Stadium previously known as Dr. Rajendra Prasad stadium is located in Rajendra Nagar, Patna, Bihar, India.

    2 km · cricket stadium · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Martyr's Memorial Patna

    The Martyrs' Memorial, also known as Shaheed Smarak, is a life-size statue of seven young men who died in the Quit India movement, to hoist the national flag on the Secretariat building. The foundation stone of Martyr's Memorial was laid on 15 August 1947, by the governor of Bihar, Mr.

    2 km · life-size statue of seven young men who sacrificed their lives in the Quit India movement (August 1942) · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Aami Mandir

    Aami Mandir, also known as Ambika Bhawani Temple, is considered as a Shakta pitha. It is a Hindu temple of the Goddess Sati, located at Ami, a prominent village in Dighwara of Saran District in Bihar, India.

    2.3 km · Hindu temple in India · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Gurdwara Bal Lila Maini Sangat

    Gurdwara Bal Lila Maini Sangat in a narrow lane close to Takht Sri Harmandir Sahib marks the house where King Fateh Chand Maini lived. His childless Queen had developed special fondness for the young Guru Gobind Singh, who, too, often came here to sit in the Queen's lap giving her immense delight and spiritual solace.

    2 km · building in Patna, Bihar · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Patan Devi

    Patan Devi, also called Maa Patneshwari, is the oldest and one of the most sacred temples of Patna, Bihar. It is regarded as one of the 51 Siddha Shakta pithas in India.

    2.3 km · temple in Patna, India · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    Bulandi Bagh

    Bulandi Bagh is an area within the archaeological site of Pataliputra, located north of the railway station in the modern city of Patna. It is mainly known for the discovery of the monumental Pataliputra capital, which was unearthed in 1895 by L.A. Waddell.

    600 m · archaeological site · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    Patna Science College

    Patna Science College, established in 1927, is one of the oldest science colleges in Patna, Bihar, India. It is affiliated to Patna University, and offers undergraduate and postgraduate courses in science.

    2.6 km · college in Bihar · Wikipedia

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Getting to Kumhrar

Airports
Lal Bahadur Shastri (VNS), 234 km · Tribhuvan (KTM), 234 km · Gautam Buddha (BWA), 276 km
Stations
Rajendra Nagar Terminal railway station, 2.3 km · Gulzarbagh railway station, 2.1 km · Patliputra Bus Terminal metro station, 2.6 km · Zero Mile metro station, 1.5 km · Malahi Pakri metro station, 2.8 km
  • Varanasi → Kumhrar
    221 km · quickest by road, 3h 49m · ₹1,590–1,990
  • Siliguri → Kumhrar
    347 km · quickest by road, 6h 25m · ₹2,760–3,450
  • Lucknow → Kumhrar
    447 km · quickest by road, 7h 27m · ₹3,310–4,140
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Kumhrar

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

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get inThere are prepaid and shared taxis/rickshaws available throughout the day between two stations.
  • Get inShared rickshaws (₹30) leave from south side of Patna Junction.

From Wikivoyage: Patna, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.

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Around it

Next door to Kumhrar

Kumhrar is 5 km from Patna, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.