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| Country | India | ||
| State | Bihar | ||
| District(s) | Patna | ||
| Population | 683 (2007[update]) | ||
| Time zone | IST (UTC+05:30) | ||
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• 61 metres (200 ft) |
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Taregana or Taregna (literally, song of the stars), is a small town in Bihar, India, about 30 km (19 mi) from Patna.
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In Taregna Aryabhata set up an Astronomical Observatory in the Sun Temple 6th century[1]. It is believed that here he proposed the Heliocentric Model, and suggested for the first time in history that Earth revolves around the Sun.
Taregna is located at. Average elevation from sea level is 61 meters as per Google Earth. 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.
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.
The railway station of Masaurhi sub-division, which is by all account a township of Patna district, is named after Taregana [2]. Village has railway station (Station Code- TEA) is well connected to nearby cities like Patna through Railway[3].
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 eclipse. 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.[4][5][6][7][8][9][10] However on 22 July the eclipse was obscured by heavy cloud cover.[11]