Gaya city

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Gaya city is a major urban center in the Indian state of Bihar, renowned as a Hindu pilgrimage site near the Buddhist holy city of Bodh Gaya.

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Gaya 0

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Predicate Object
instanceOf city
human settlement
airportServes Bodh Gaya NERFINISHED
commonlySpokenLanguage Magahi NERFINISHED
country India
distanceToBodhGaya about 12 kilometers
governingBody Gaya Municipal Corporation NERFINISHED
hasAirport Gaya Airport NERFINISHED
hasClimateType humid subtropical climate
hasCulturalRegion Magahi-speaking area
hasHistoricalRegion Magadha NERFINISHED
hasMunicipalStatus Municipal Corporation
hasNearbyCity Bodh Gaya NERFINISHED
hasNotableRiverFeature Phalgu river ghats NERFINISHED
hasRailwayStation Gaya Junction railway station NERFINISHED
hasReligiousSignificanceFor Buddhism NERFINISHED
Hinduism NERFINISHED
hasTemple Vishnupad Temple NERFINISHED
isAssociatedWithEpic Mahabharata NERFINISHED
Ramayana NERFINISHED
isConnectedBy Grand Chord railway line NERFINISHED
National Highway 19 NERFINISHED
National Highway 22 NERFINISHED
isDistrictHeadquartersOf Gaya district NERFINISHED
isHinduPilgrimageSite true
isLokSabhaConstituency Gaya Lok Sabha constituency NERFINISHED
isMajorUrbanCentreIn Bihar NERFINISHED
isUrbanAgglomerationCentreFor Gaya urban agglomeration NERFINISHED
knownFor Pind Daan rituals
Vishnupad Temple NERFINISHED
locatedIn Bihar
Magadh region NERFINISHED
locatedInTimeZone Indian Standard Time
locatedOnRiver Phalgu River NERFINISHED
majorEconomicActivities agriculture
tourism
trade
nearbyPilgrimageCentre Bodh Gaya NERFINISHED
Nalanda NERFINISHED
Rajgir NERFINISHED
nearestMajorBuddhistSite Mahabodhi Temple at Bodh Gaya NERFINISHED
officialLanguage Hindi
Urdu language
surface form: Urdu
religiousTourismHubFor Buddhists
Hindus
stateCapitalDistance about 100 kilometers south of Patna
timeZoneOffset +05:30

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Gaya district contains Gaya city