Description:- Didarganj Yakshi (Chauri Bearer), State :- Bihar
Post Office :- Philatelic Bureau Patna GPO, Pin Code :- 800001
The Didarganj Yakshi or Didarganj Chauri Bearer is one of the finest examples of very early Indian stone statues. It used to be dated to the 3rd century BCE, as it has the fine Mauryan polish associated with Mauryan art. But this is also found on later sculptures and it is now usually dated to approximately the 2nd century CE, based on the analysis of shape and ornamentation, or the 1st century CE.The treatment of the forelock in particular is said to be characteristically Kushan.The sculpture is now in the Bihar Museum in Patna, Bihar, India, close to where it was found in 1917. Patna, as Pataliputra, was also the Mauryan capital.
Description:- Golghar, State :- Bihar
Post Office :- Philatelic Bureau Patna GPO, Pin Code :- 800001
The Golghar or Gol Ghar is a large granary located to the west of the Gandhi Maidan in Patna, capital of Bihar state, India. Built in the Stupa architecture, the building has a height of 29 m. It is pillar-less with a wall of thickness of 3.6 m at the base. One can climb to the top of the Golghar via its 145-step spiral stairway. The spiral staircase was designed to facilitate the passage of the workers who loaded and unloaded the grain in the granary, who had to carry grain-bags up one flight, deliver their load through a hole at the top, and descend the other stairs.The top of the Golghar presents a panoramic view of the city and the Ganges. Golghar has never been filled to its maximum capacity and there are no plans to do so. Some have claimed that the reason for this is a flaw whereby the doors are designed to open inwards; thus, if it is filled to its maximum capacity, then the doors will not open. However, visitors have found that the doors open outwards. Presently renovation of this historical monument is underway.
Description:- Sri Harimandir Ji Patna Sahib State :- Bihar
Post Office :-Patna City S.O, Pin Code :-800008
Release Date : 8-October -2024
Takht Sri Patna Sahib also known as Takhat Sri Harimandir Ji, Patna Sahib, is one of the five takhts of the Sikhs, located in Patna, Bihar, India.Guru Gobind Singh, the tenth Sikh Guru, was born in Patna, Mughal Empire on 22 December 1666.He also spent his early years here before moving to Anandpur Sahib. Besides being the birthplace of Gobind Singh, Patna was also honored by the visits of Guru Nanak and Guru Tegh Bahadur.
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Description:- Nalanda Ruines State :- Bihar
Post Office :-Islampur Nalanda .S.O, Pin Code :-801303
Release Date : 8-October -2024
Nalanda was a renowned Buddhist mahavihara great monastery in ancient and medieval Magadha modern-day Bihar, eastern India. Widely considered to be among the greatest centres of learning in the ancient world, it was located near the city of Rajagriha (now Rajgir), roughly 90 kilometres southeast of Pataliputra (now Patna). Operating from 427 CE until around 1400 CE,Nalanda played a vital role in promoting the patronage of arts and academics during the 5th and 6th century CE, a period that has since been described as the "Golden Age of India" by scholars.
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Description:- Nagi Dham Bird Sanctuary State :- Bihar
Post Office :-Jhajha.S.O, Pin Code :-811308
Release Date : 8-October -2024
Nagi Bird Sanctuary is located in Jhajha Jamui district of south Bihar, near the Jharkhand border. It was declared a bird sanctuary on 25 February 1984 as per Section 18 of the Act, 1972.Thousands of migrating birds congregate in the reservoir during the winter season, especially from November to February. The area of the sanctuary is 2.1 square kilometres.It is home to over 133 bird species. There are also a variety of dragonflies, damselflies and butterflies which are yet to be studied and documented.
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Description:- Sher Saha Suri Tomb State :- Bihar
Post Office :-Sasaram H.O, Pin Code :-821115
Release Date : 8-October -2024
The tomb of Sher Shah Suri is a mausoleum located in Sasaram, in the Indian state of Bihar.Sher Shah Suri, who was the founder of the Sur Empire, commissioned the tomb for himself. It was completed on 16 August 1545, about three months after his death.It is situated on a square plinth in the middle of an artificial lake, accessible by a causeway. The tomb, made out of sandstone, was originally painted in bright colours and decorated with glazed tiles. It is a three-storied octagonal building, surmounted by a large dome. Chhatris are located on each edge of the second and third stories. A veranda runs along the circumference of the tomb, with each side having three arched openings.
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Description:- Sun Temple Deo State :- Bihar
Post Office :-Deo Aurangabad S.O, Pin Code :-824202
Release Date : 8-October -2024
Deo Sun Temple is a Hindu temple in Bihar, India. The temple is a solar shrine, dedicated to Surya, the sun god, for Chhath Puja. The temple is located in Deo Town, Aurangabad. The Temple is unique as it faces west, the setting sun, not the usual rising sun. It is considered to be one of the most sacred places for sun worshiping and Chhath Puja.According to oral tradition, Lord Vishwakarma built the Deo Sun Temple in one night. A gupta-era inscription dated 642 CE talks about sun worshiping, but it does not mention the Deo Sun Temple directly.
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Description:- Mahabodhi Temple State :- Bihar
Post Office :-Bodh Gaya S.O, Pin Code :-824231
Release Date : 8-October -2024
The Mahabodhi Temple ("Great Awakening Temple") or the Mahabodhi Mahavihara, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is an ancient, but restored Buddhist temple in Bodh Gaya, Bihar, India, marking the location where the Buddha is said to have attained enlightenment.The site contains a descendant of the Bodhi Tree under which the Buddha gained enlightenment and has been a major pilgrimage destination of Buddhists for over two thousand years.
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Description:- Ashokan Piller State :- Bihar
Post Office :-Kolhua Bakhra S.O, Pin Code :-843101
Release Date : 8-October -2024
Kolhua is a famous Buddhist excavation site situated approximately 65 km North-West of Patna. The excavations have revealed the famous Ashokan Pillar having a statue of lion on the top. Excavations also revealed, many other articles related to Buddhism.Emperor Ashoka built The Lion Pillar at Kolhua. It is made of a highly polished single piece of red sandstone, surmounted by a bell shaped capital, 18.3 m high. A life-size figure of a lion is placed on top of the pillar. There is a small tank here known as Ramkund. This pillar beside a brick stupa at Kolhua commemorates Buddha's last sermon.
Description:- Valmike Tiger Reserve State :- Bihar
Post Office :-Valmiki Nagar S.O, Pin Code :-845107
Release Date : 8-October -2024
Valmiki National Park is a national park and tiger reserve in the West Champaran District of Bihar, India covering 898.45 km2. It is the only national park in Bihar.The extensive forest area of Valmikinagar was previously owned by the Bettiah Raj and Ramanagar Raj until the early 1950s.It was declared a Wildlife Sanctuary in 1978. Valmiki National Park was established in the year 1990. Total area of the park is about 335.65 Km2. Valmiki Wildlife Sanctuary and National Park is the 17th Tiger Reserve of the country.
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Description:-Postal Training Center Darbhanga State :- Bihar
Post Office :Darbhanga S.O, Pin Code :-846005
Release Date : 8-October -2024
Postal Training center darbhanga statrted functuing in bela palace from 12th-July-1966.This place was constructed in 1934 by Maharajadhiraj Kameshwar Singh for his younger Brother Raja bahadur Visheshwar Singh.this palace is the surrouning land measuring about 65 acers were purchased from him by the then P&T department.This is also one of the Six postal Training Centers of india.
Description:- Vidyapati , State :- Bihar
Post Office :- Bisfi S. O, Pin Code :- 847122
Vidyapati (c.380 – 1460), also known by the sobriquet Maithil Kavi Kokil, was a Maithili and Sanskrit polymath-poet-saint, playwright, composer, biographer, philosopher, law-theorist, writer, courtier and royal priest. He was a devotee of Shiva, but also wrote love songs and devotional Vaishnava songs. He knew Sanskrit, Prakrit, Apabhramsha, and Maithili.Vidyapati's influence was not just restricted to Maithili and Sanskrit literature but also extended to other Eastern Indian literary traditions. The language at the time of Vidyapati, the prakrit-derived late Abahattha, had just begun to transition into early versions of the Eastern languages such as Maithili and Bhojpuri. Thus, Vidyapati's influence on making these languages has been described as "analogous to that of Dante in Italy and Chaucer in England".He has been called the "Father of Bengali literature".Vidyapati was born to a Maithil Brahmin family in the village of Bisapī (now Bisfi) in the present-day Madhubani district of the Mithila region of northern Bihar, India.The name Vidyapati ("master of knowledge") is derived from two Sanskrit words, vidya ("knowledge") and pati ("master"). There is confusion as to his exact date of birth due to conflicting information from his own works and those of his patrons.
