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Bhagalpur- The Silk City of India

Situated in the eastern region of Bihar, the city of Bhagalpur


is best known for producing and distributing high quality
silk to the rest of the country. The city's production of Tussar
sarees and Tussar silk have made their deep mark in the
International markets. Apart from silk, the city also harbours
large reserves of sugar and rice. The city which is located at
141 feet above the level of the sea is said to be the capital of
the kingdom, Anga which was under the reign of Karna, the
great warrior from the Mahabharata times.

Bhagalpur railway station

There is no dearth of transportation facilities which connects this


city to the other parts of the country and vice versa. The major
railway station here is the Bhagalpur Junction railway station,
which is located on the Howrah-Kuil loop. This is believed to be
the third busiest railway station in the state of Bihar. The railway
line connects to the major cities such as Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata,
Surat, Kanpur, Guwhati and Bangalore. The food delivery in train
facilities are present at this railway station. You can easily order
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Bhagalpur cuisine

The genuine Bihari cuisines forms


the major cuisine of Bhagalpur;
thus the food is hot as well as spicy.
The popular cuisine includes kadhi
bari, choora, ghugni and khichdi.
The sweet dishes popular in this
city are tilkut, peda, balushahi,
malpua, rabri and churna.

Bhagalpur culture

The Bhagalpur city has a rich and an antique cultural past which
it is still preserving. A vast variations in monuments, paintings,
artifacts, music, folk dance forms and folklores can be witnessed
here. A number of renowned writers, poets, artists and musicians
hail from this city. The variations in the art forms as observed in
different eras in the past is refreshed for the onlookers in the
Bhagalpur Museum which contains the cultural representations of
the past. Paika and Jhijhian happen to be one of the oldest and
major dance form of this region. A number of folk songs are
performed by the women of this region and the major ones are
Ropni and Kazri. Bishahri Puja is one of the major festival
celebrated here where the women sing folk songs and worship
goddess Bishahari.

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