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Gaya Travel Guide

This great centre of pilgrimage for the Hindus lies 92 kms South-West of Patna. Gaya is prayers for departed souls and peace for the dead. Lord Vishnu gave Gaya, a celestial being the power to absolve the sinners and to lead them to heven. This belief brings hundreds and thousands of devotees from all over country to come to offer the last rituals for their departed dear ones. Most of there offer pindas of funeral cakes here. Hindu shrines are scallered all over
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where the devotees offer prayee, and end up with a holy dip in the sacred Phalgu river, said to have been built over the foot prints ()I Lord Vishnu, The magnificent vishnupad temple covered by a sit ver container and with 8 rows 01 beautifully sculpted pillars supporting the mandap (Pavilion/) was reno vated in 1787. A.D by the revolution ary queen of Indore, rani Ahilyabai In the temple premises stand!. Akshayabat, the immortal banyan tree, where the ritul for the dead cul minates.
The old town of Gaya proper was built, may be regarded as the centre of this pilgrimage, and is the largest and most important temple in Gaya