Patna City
Patna Saheb (Patna Sahib) | |
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Neighbourhood | |
  Patna City Location in Patna, India | |
| Coordinates: 25°35′10″N 85°11′4″E / 25.58611°N 85.18444°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Bihar |
| Metro | Patna |
| Government | |
| • Body | Patna Municipal Corporation |
| Languages | |
| • Spoken | Hindi, English (main official), Angika, Maithili, Magahi, Bhojpuri, Urdu and Punjabi (liturgical) |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 800009, 800008, 800007[1] |
| Planning agency | Patna Regional Development Authority |
| Civic agency | Patna Municipal Corporation |
| Lok Sabha | Patna Sahib (Lok Sabha constituency) |
| Vidhan Sabha | Patna Sahib (Vidhan Sabha constituency) |
Patna City, popularly known as Patna Saheb or Patna Sahib, is a city and one of the 6 Sub-divisions (Tehsil) in Patna district, Bihar, India. Patna City is an old area of Patna. Patna City history belongs to Patliputra. It is regarded as very sacred by the Sikhs in India.[2] The tenth Guru of the Sikhs, Guru Gobind Singh was born there. The Patna Saheb Gurudwara is considered to be one of the holiest of the five "Takhts" or seat of authority of the Sikhs. The place is named Harminder Takht though the Sikhs respectfully call it Patna Sahib. The famous Guru Gobind Sahib Gurudwara is an important shrine for Sikhs from all over the world.[3] Ashok Rajpath (road) connects Patna City to Patna.
- ^ Details of Post Office PATNA CITY, PATNA pincode.net.in
- ^ Patna Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine thesikhencyclopedia
- ^ GURDWARA PATNA SAHIB PACKAGE TOUR