Taregana

Taregana or Taregna, is a small town in Bihar, India, about 30km from Patna.HistoryIn Taregna, Aryabhata 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.GeographyTaregna is located at Average elevation from sea level at 61 meters as per Google Earth. It is close to Patna and the Jahanabad too. You can get here by train (Local trains, usually called PG passenger trains i.e. Patna Gaya) or by the road from Patna which goes to Gaya.DemographicsTaregna 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. It has some good markets that attracts all the villager that are close to it Lawaich, Lasgarichak, pathrahat, Bela, Jagidishpur to name some.It has a famous temple called the 'Manichack' which witnesses over 5,000 of marriages every year.People of Taregana are very friendly & helpful. Taregna comes under Masaurhi Sub-division(अनुमंडल).TransportThe 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. Daily, a huge number workers and government officers travel to The Capital by the Local trains. So in PG Local Passenger trains we can see a large people from Masaurhi. So in the midst there was a demand for increasing the frequency of these local trains.