BhagalpurBhagalpur : e-Governance in the Silk City of Bihar

Bhagalpur, situated on the southern banks of the holy River Ganga, is famous for producing Tassar silk and sarees and hence also known as the Silk city of Bihar. The important places to visit are the ancient Buddhist University at Vikramshila, Jain Temple at Nathnagar, Sahjangi and the Ajagaibinatha temple at Sultanganj. The district celebrates the Shravani Mela during the period of July-August every year when Sultanganj is flooded with pilgrims from India, Nepal, Bhutan and other countries of the world to collect the holy water of the Uttarwahini Ganga and pour it on the Shivlings at Basukinath and Baidyanath Dham temple situated at Deoghar district, Jharkhand.