What is Golghar located in Patna?
Golghar was built to store 1,37,000 tonnes of grain after a severe famine in Patna in 1770. Its circular building is famous for its special shape. At the base of Golghar there are two spiral staircases on top of the 3.6 meter wide wal.
.What is Golghar located in Patna?
Where is Gol Ghar in Bihar?Golghar was built to store 1,37,000 tonnes of grain after a severe famine in Patna in 1770. Its circular building is famous for its special shape. At the base of Golghar there are two spiral staircases on top of the 3.6 meter wide wall.
Now the audience has to take a ticket of Rs 10 to see Golghar
How much is the staircase of Golghar in Patna?
The walls of the 29 meter high Golghar with 142 steps are 3.6 meters thick. There are stairs from two sides to climb the Golghar.
What is inside Golghar?
It can store 140,000 tonnes of grain at a time. Its size is 125 meters and height is 29 meters. It has no pillars and its walls are 3.6 meters thick at the base. Stones have been used instead of bricks for about three meters on the summit of Golghar.
Where is Gol Ghar, why was it built?
Golghar is located to the west of Gandhi Maidan in Patna, the capital of Bihar province. In 1770, during a severe drought on the island, the British Captain John Garstin built this circular structure to store grain (for the British army).
Why is Gol Ghar famous?
During the severe drought in 1770, about one crore people were victims of starvation. The then Governor General Warren Hasting had planned the construction of Golghar, the British engineer Captain John Garstin started the construction of this circular structure on 20 January 1784 for the storage of grain (for the British army).
Which Gurudwara is famous in Patna?
Takht Sri Patna Sahib, also known as Harmandir Sahib, is a gurudwara in the neighborhood of Patna Sahib, India. It was in memory of the birthplace of Guru Gobind Singh, the tenth Guru of the Sikhs, on December 1666.