Taptapani
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Taptapani
50 km west of Gopalpur-on-Sea, Tapatapani is a spa village located in a forest setting in the Eastern Ghats renowned for its hot spring. The water very high in sulphur contents is channellised to a pool for a refreshing bath and is belived to provide cure for chronic ailments. Near the pool is a small temple dedicated to a Goddess Kandhuni who is belived to cure infertility. Tribal women, mainly Saoras can often been seen trying to pick up seed pods from the mud at the bottom of the pool, that have fallen from a tree that overhangs the pool.
How to Reach
Taptapani is 56 kilometres away from Berhampur (or Brahmapur as the locals call it), the nearest rail station. Regular bus service is available to Tapatapani from new bus station, Berhampur.