Muzaffarpur is a city the state of Bihar, India. It is known as the "Litchi Capital" of the country. It is one of the oldest and most important commercial and educational centres of Bihar. Muzaffarpur has many historical sites, monuments, temples and other places of tourist interest.

Muzaffarpur Travel Guide

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• Gaya International Airport (IATA: GAY) is about 172 km from the city.

• Jaiprakash Narayan International Airport (IATA: PAT) is about 75 km from the city. There are daily flights from Ranchi, Delhi, Calcutta and Luchnow.

Muzaffarpur Junction Railway Station (Station Code : MFP) is a railhead of East Central Railways. Shaheed Express, Mithila Express, Maurya Express, Sadhbhawna Express, Vaishali Express and Amarnath Express pass through this station. The Vaishali Express, Bihar Sampark Kranti, SaptKranti Express are the fastest and most comfortable way to arrive from Delhi or vice versa. The journey takes around 18-19 hours from New Delhi. Muzaffarpur is well-connected to major cities in India through daily trains. It's advised to book the train ticket well in advance since the trains are often heavily booked. Tickets can be booked online from the IRCTC website or you can check the list of trains here.

Muzaffarpur is well-connected by bus to Patna, which is about 3.0 hours away. There are direct buses to Patna, Silliguri, Gauhati, Ranchi etc. Buses are the best option if one is traveling from Patna. Muzaffarpur is well connected by a network of roads with all the neighbouring cities and towns. The distance to some important cities are:

• Darbhanga, 34.7 miles
• Patna, 40.7 miles
• Bihar Sharif, 65.0 miles
• Kathmandu, Nepal 110.6 miles
• Bhagalpur, 54.7 miles
• BodhGaya, 112.4 miles
• Madhubani, 63.3 miles
• Ranchi, 49.1 miles
• Raxual, 85.1 miles
• Varanasi, 195.7 miles

You may hire taxi, autorickshaws and cycle rickshaws for local transportation. The city has a concept of shared autorickshaws. City ring bus service run by regional transport authority (RDA) has mini buses plying on five different routes. The maximum fare is Rs 4 only. The main the introduction of ring bus service has broken the monopoly of rickshaws and auto-rickshaws.

Baba Garibnath Temple situated in Muzaffarpur town is undoubtedly one of the most famous "Lord Shiva" temples. It is also called second "Baidhnath".

Chaturbhuj Temple is famous for its spirituality and faith. In 1303 century, in a village called "Turki", a big idol of "Lord Chaturbhuj" was found. A saint brought the idol, all the way from Turki to Muzaffarpur, on foot which was a reflection of his faith and worship. There was a devotee from Patna built the magnificent and beautiful Chaturbhuj Temple.

Shri Ram temple is one of the famous religious places. Situated at "Sahu Pokhar", it's status was kept as one of the "Navratna" temples. It is said that it was made by artists from Rajasthan. Within the premises the biggest temple is of "Shri Ram and Mata Janaki". Beside that "Mahadev" temple is there whose Shivling is India's third largest Shivling. Devotees come in masses to offer their prayers in this sacred temple.

This great temple is an icon of faith, worship and belief on Ma. It is situated on the south coast of "Gandak" river. Possibly, it was made in the year of 1932 by Darbhanga Maharaj Kamlesh Singh. Devotees come in masses to worship Ma.

Near Muzaffarpur Engineering College in Avaas Nagar there is a famous "Devi Peeth", it is called Simri Mai. It is said that here to please "Bhagwati" coconut is broken. History tells that long ago there was an old lady who used to live in a hut near this place. During night she used to medidate for long hours. She took "Samadhi" on the 17th day of Navratra here. From that day this place has got a status of "Lokpeeth" and is famous by the name of "Simri Mai".

Ram Chandra Shahi Museum at Muzaffarpur was established in the year 1979. It has got its own building in the campus of Jubba Sahni Park. The museum possesses a very good collection including artifacts and numerous art-objects of varied nature. The museum is famous for its rich collection of rare postage stamps.

Ramna's Tripur Sundari Temple attracts millions of Devotees Due to its aesthetic beauty and richness. A wealthy man, Shri Umashankar Prasad built this Beautiful and magnificent temple on 28th June 1941. It is said that it is really surprising to see that a man made temple attracts such big gathering of Devotees. This temple is also famous by the name of "Devi Temple" and Ma's beautiful idol mesmerizes one and all. Shri Ram Temple

According to a Jain tradition Lord Mahavira, the last of the Tirthankaras, was born at Kundagrama and at Vaniyagrama was his residence, both the places being part of or near Vaishali. While the modern village of Bania can be taken as representing the site of ancient Vaniagrama, the location of Kundagrama is identified with the modern village of Vasokund, about 2 kms northeast of the gadh mound.

About 40-kms from Muzaffarpur, Ambara Chowk is situated in Saraiya Block on the Muzaffarpur - Rewa road. It is believed to be the home village of Amrapali, the famous Nagarvadhu (courtesan) of Vaishali.

The place is situated nearly 35-kms northeast of Muzaffarpur. Katra Garh was one of the states of the Mughal Empire during the reign of Akbar. It was then named as Akbarpur. Several idols, ornaments, earthen pots and other articles of historical importance have been found here in course of excavations.

A memorial tablet has been raised in the memory of Khudi Ram Bose who was executed at Muzaffarpur Jail in the year 1908 on the charge of throwing a bomb on Kingsford, the then British District & Sessions Judge of Muzaffarpur. The memorial tablet is situated opposite the present residence of the District and Sessions Judge.

It is situated about 5-kms from headquarters of the Aurai block on Aurai-Saidpur road. There is an old temple of Bhairav Nath. A big cattle fair is held here every year on the occasion of Shivaratri festival.

About 40 km from Muzaffarpur is the famous temple, Hathilwa-Mathh dedicated to Radha-Krishna. While the Badi Masjid at Company Bagh and the Gurudwara at Ramna are definitely worth a visit.

• Kalyani Chawk
• Saraiya Ganj
• MotiJheel
• Suta Patti

One of the major attractions of Muzaffarpur is the Lahthi (Lakh ki Churiyan/Bangles)

Do eat the Jalebi and Malpua from the roadside shop at Santoshi Mata Mandir near Railway Station, one of the unique of its kind.

• Ranjeet Hotel, Motijhil
• Chandralok Hotel, Chandralok Chowk

• Lichchavi Vihar, Phone:0621-2228512

Muzaffarpur Tourist Information Center
Tourism Information,
BSTDC Hotel Lichchavi Vihar,
Muzaffarpur, Bihar - 842001.
Phone: +91-621-2228512

You may also take a day's excursion to Rajgir and Vaishali to see the historic places of Buddhist significance. Nalanda is also close by where the remnants of the Nalanda University, stupas, monasteries and temples are worth exploring. The artifacts that have been excavated are on exhibit in the Nalanda museum. Other nearby destinations are Sonepur, Digha, Patna, Bihar-Sharif, Pawapuri and Munger.