Bhagalpur Tourism: Hotels, Reviews, Packages, Photos, Maps, Experience, Itinerary

Bhagalpur means the 'City of Good Luck' and is the administrative headquarters of district Bhagalpur in Bihar. Famous as the 'Silk city' due to it high quality silk products, the industry is more than 100 years old with traditional clans of silk producers and weavers living here. Bhagalpur is situated on the banks of the river Ganga and has significant historic importance. It has been mentioned in the ancient Sanskrit texts like Mahabharata, Ramayana and even Panchtantra as Bhagaddat-Puram. It was a major centre of trade and commerce in the Angad kingdom parallel to Pataliputra (Patna). About 52 km from Bhagalpur is Mandar Hill, which is believed to have been used as a Churner during the ‘Sagar Manthan’ as per Hindu mythology. It was also