Balangir - Tourist Place in An Around Balangir

Tourist Place in An Around Balangir

Prominent recretion place for Balangiria's are :-

• Rajendra Park - Built by last king of Patna (princely state) HH. Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo is a 100 year old park. This park is situated in the heart of Balangir town. It is a lush green park with hundred varieties of Roses and other flowers. The park has three beautiful water fountains which light up at evenings. Rajendra Park also have children playing areas and various amusements. It has got a cafeteria also. Besides that the park is equipped with Dolby Digital Sound system which plays old Hindi songs throughout the evening. In the middle of the park there is a statue of its founder HH Rajendra Narayan Singhdeo. The timing of the park is from afternoon 2 pm to evening 10 pm. Entry fee for this park is Rs.1, which is used for the maintenance. Rajendra Park is situated in front of the Balangir Municipality Office.

• Karanga Kata - One of the oldest lake of Western Orissa. Recently Balangir Municipality has renovated it and started Boating. Lush green garden has been built around the lake to make it beautiful. It is located behind the Durga Mandir.

• Anand Niketan, Khujenpali Ashram –there is a beautiful Ashram on 40 Acrs of land surrounded by School ( ViswatmaVidyamandir), yoga Centre, Puja Mandapa, Sadhana Kehtra, Ashutosh Peeth, Green Jungle, Garden, Prajna Kutir, Santh Nivas etc. every year nearly hundreds of thousands visitor coming from around the world to this place on various occasion like Sivaratri, Navaratri, Guru Purinima and for many Yoga and spiritual practice. The Asharma is established from 1985 by Pramahansa Swami Sree Satyaprajananda Saraswati.

• Divine Life Society - Conducting Yoga classes from the last four decade. Location Gaura Mutt, Nalkhandi (Rugudi Pada).

• Khujenpali Ashram - If you are in search of real spirituality then this is a must visit place. Five kilometres from Balangir town.

• Jalia - It's a popular picnic spot for the youths. It is located in the middle of dense forest. one small river also passed through the spot. Located around 20 km from Balangir.

• Ramai Talkies - It's a historical single screen movie theater. It is around 70 years old.

• Priyadarshini Talkies - A air-cooling single screen movie theater

• Lower Sukhtel project - A popular picnic spot on the bank of river Sukhtel. Current construction work is underway for a proposed dam here. Located around 15 kilomenters from Balangir.

• Sailashree Palace - A huge palace belonging to the Royal Family of Balangir.