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Patnā is the capital of the Indian state of Bihar. The modern city of Patna is situated on the southern bank of the Ganges. The city also straddles the rivers Sone and Gandak and Punpun. Patna is approximately 25 km long and 9 km to 10 km wide. Patna is the 14th most populous city in India with approximately 1.8 million, and the 14th most populous agglomeration in India and 168th in the world. It is the second largest city in eastern India, after Kolkata.
The Buddhist, Hindu, and Jain pilgrim centres of Vaishali, Rajgir, Nalanda, Bodhgaya, and Pawapuri are nearby and Patna is also a sacred city for Sikhs. The Sikh Guru, Guru Gobind Singh, was born here.
Legend ascribes the origin of Patna to a mythological King Putraka who created Patna by magic for his queen Patali, literally "trumpet flower", which gives it its ancient name Pataligrama. It is said that in honour of the queen's first-born, the city was named Pataliputra. Gram is Sanskrit for village and Putra means son.
Legend also says that the Emerald Buddha was created in Patna (then Pataliputra) by Nagasena in 43 BC.
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Culture:- Though geographically located in the Magadh region of Bihar, many residents of Patna are natives of one of the four other regions of Bihar - Bhojpur, Mithila, Vajj, or Ang, which differ only slightly from each other. Intermarriages and cultural intermixing among the people of the five regions has been so common that it may be difficult for an outsider to discern the differences. Intermixing of people is also common at the village level (e.g. resident of Gulni include people from Gaya, Ganga-par and other villages). |
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There are some nice infotainment complexes in Patna such as Patna Museum, Patna Planetarium, Sanjay Gandhi Jaivik Udyan and Srikrishna Science Centre.
Patna Museum : Patna Museum is the state museum of Bihar which built by the British during the British Raj in the year 1917 to house the historical artcfacts found in the vicinity of Patna. The items on display include archaeological objects, coins, art objects, paintings, instruments, textiles, paintings, thankas, bronze images and sculptures and terracotta images of Hindu, Buddhist artists and many rare objects.
Patna Planetarium : Indira Gandhi Planetarium is located in Patna's Indira Gandhi Science Complex. This planetarium was constructed through Bihar Council on Science & Technology at a total cost of about Rs. 11 crores. It was opened for public on April 1, 1993.
Sanjay Gandhi Jaivik Udyan : Sanjay Gandhi Jaivik Udyan, Patna is also known as Sanjay Gandhi Botanical and Zoological Garden, Patna or Patna Zoo.It is situated near Bailey Road and is one of the largest zoos of India. The Park was established first as a Botanical Garden in the year 1969.
Srikrishna Science Centre : Srikrishna Science Centre was established in Patna in the year 1978 and was named after the first Chief Minister of Bihar, Dr. Sri Krishna Singh. At present the Centre has four permanent galleries, Fun Science, Evolution, Mirrors and Oceans and a Science Park. A new gallery is under construction.
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