Gokulananda Tourism Center

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Gokulananda Picnic Spot
Village
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Gokulananda Picnic Spot
Location in Orissa, India
Coordinates: 20°24′04″N85°06′29″E / 20.401°N 85.108°E / 20.401; 85.108
CountryFlag of India.svg  India
District Nayagarh
Elevation
67 m (220 ft)
Languages
  Official Oriya
Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST)

Gokulananda Tourism Center, also known as (Gokulananda picnic spot), is a tourism center situated in Sidhamula village, in Nayagarh, Odisha. People come here, to see the scenery of this spot and for picnic purposes, mainly between the months of October to March.[ citation needed ]

This center is situated on the bank of river Mahanadi. The tourism center consists of Gokulananda temple, an attached picnic area. The temple is on the top of the hill. It is founded by late Sri Baba Swami Ram Laxman Dash Maharaja. It is nice to watch the panoramic view of the hill and flowing water of Mahanadi from the hill as well as from Sidhamula bridge. The hill is full of tall trees and medicinal plants. There is nearly 1 km of plane surface full of greenery on bottom of the hill on the bank of river Mahanadi suitable for cooking as well as playing games which attracts most of the local and nearby district tourists to this place. [1]

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