Taregana
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Taregana or Taregna is a small town in Bihar
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, about 30 km (18.6 mi) from Patna
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set up an Astronomical Observatory in the Sun Temple 6th century. It is believed that here he proposed the Heliocentric Model, and suggested for the first time in history that Earth revolves around the Sun.
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Its is close to Patna and the Jahanabad too. You can get here by train (Local, usually called PG i.e Patna Gaya)or by the road from patna which goes to gaya.
. Village has railway station (Station Code- TEA) is well connected to nearby cities like Patna through Railway.
. It was reported that the solar eclipse should be visible for at least three minutes and 38 seconds from Taregana. However, the maximum duration of the eclipse will be six minutes 38 seconds in the Pacific Ocean. However on 22 July the eclipse was obscured by heavy cloud cover.
Bihar
Bihar is a state in eastern India. It is the 12th largest state in terms of geographical size at and 3rd largest by population. Almost 58% of Biharis are below the age of 25, which is the highest proportion in India....
, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
, about 30 km (18.6 mi) from Patna
Patna
Paṭnā , is the capital of the Indian state of Bihar and the second largest city in Eastern India . Patna is one of the oldest continuously inhabited places in the world...
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History
In Taregna AryabhataAryabhata
Aryabhata was the first in the line of great mathematician-astronomers from the classical age of Indian mathematics and Indian astronomy...
set up an Astronomical Observatory in the Sun Temple 6th century. It is believed that here he proposed the Heliocentric Model, and suggested for the first time in history that Earth revolves around the Sun.
Geography
Taregna is located at25.350289°N 85.035222°E. Average elevation from sea level is 61 meters as per Google EarthGoogle Earth
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Its is close to Patna and the Jahanabad too. You can get here by train (Local, usually called PG i.e Patna Gaya)or by the road from patna which goes to gaya.
Demographics
Taregna is small town now growing at a fast pace. There are many people coming to get settled here permanently. There must be over 10,000 people here. Its has some good markets that attracts all the villager that are close to it Lawaich, Bela, Jagidishpur to name some.It has a famous temple called the "Manichack" which has witnesses over 1,000 of marriages every year.Transport
The railway station of Masaurhi sub-division, which is by all account a township of Patna district, is named after Taregana. Village has railway station (Station Code- TEA) is well connected to nearby cities like Patna through Railway.
22 July 2009 Solar Eclipse
Taregna experienced a sudden load of visitors coming to the village to see the solar eclipse of July 22, 2009, as, according to various sources, it will be one of the best locations within the path of totality to watch the solar eclipseSolar eclipse
As seen from the Earth, a solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between the Sun and the Earth, and the Moon fully or partially blocks the Sun as viewed from a location on Earth. This can happen only during a new moon, when the Sun and the Moon are in conjunction as seen from Earth. At least...
. It was reported that the solar eclipse should be visible for at least three minutes and 38 seconds from Taregana. However, the maximum duration of the eclipse will be six minutes 38 seconds in the Pacific Ocean. However on 22 July the eclipse was obscured by heavy cloud cover.