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 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.
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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.
- 01Mahatma 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 - 02Patna 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 - 03Agam 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 - 04Moin-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 - 05Martyr'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 - 06Aami 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 - 07Gurdwara 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 - 08Patan 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 - 09Bulandi 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 - 10Patna 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 → Kumhrar221 km · quickest by road, 3h 49m · ₹1,590–1,990
- Siliguri → Kumhrar347 km · quickest by road, 6h 25m · ₹2,760–3,450
- Lucknow → Kumhrar447 km · quickest by road, 7h 27m · ₹3,310–4,140
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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.
- 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.
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Next door to Kumhrar
Kumhrar is 5 km from Patna, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Patna Cityneighborhood in Patna, Bihar, India1.4 km
- KankarbaghNeighbourhood in Patna, Bihar, India1.9 km
- Rajendra Nagarneighborhood in Patna, Bihar, India2.2 km
- Saidpuratown in Bihar, India2.5 km
- Gulzarbaghhuman settlement in India1.5 km
- Gaighatneighbourhood in Patna, Bihar, India2.5 km