page_title: Religion in Bihar
section_title: Hinduism
hierarchical_section_title: Religion in Bihar / Hinduism
caption_attribution_description: English: Vishnupadh temple Gaya
context_page_description: The main religions in the Indian state of Bihar are Hinduism and Islam as of 2011. Other religions are practiced by small minorities. Places in Bihar have important historical and cultural associations with Buddhism, Sikhism and Jainism along with Hinduism.
context_section_description: Hindu Pilgrimage sites in Bihar are as follows:
  Mahavir Mandir
  Sitamarhi
  Deo, Bihar
  Madhubani
  West Champaran
  Munger
  Buxar
  Jamui
  Darbhanga
  Mithila region
  Anga area
  Hinduism is the main religion of the state, being practiced by 82.7% of the total state population. The Hindu population in Bihar is 86,078,686 as of 2011 census report. Hindus are majority in all the districts in Bihar except Kishanganj. Most of the festivals stem from it. There are many variations on the festival theme. While some are celebrated all over the state, others are observed only in certain areas. But Bihar being so diverse, different regions and religions have something to celebrate at sometime or the other during the year. So festivals take place round the year.
  On arrival in any part of this state, a tourist finds around him evidence of the extent to which religion enters into the daily life of the people. The calendar is strewn with festivals and fairs of different communities living together. Many of these are officially recognised by the days on which they take place being proclaimed as Government holidays.
  The battle cries of the Bihar Regiment, consisting of 17 battalions, are "Jai Bajrang Bali" (Victory to Lord Hanuman).
caption: Vishnupad Mandir, Gaya, Bihar
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