News India Phailin: Odisha's quietest beach Gopalpur bears the brunt of nature's fury

Phailin: Odisha's quietest beach Gopalpur bears the brunt of nature's fury

Gopalpur (Odisha): It's called Gopalpur-on-sea. It's the quietest sea beach of Odisha, located 16 km from Berhampur, the district headquarters. This languorous sea beach with coconut groves, casuarinas and gentle sand dunes, deserted for miles,

Gopalpur has an old port, which now lies in ruins. Renovated in 1970s, the jetties were supposed to revive trading activities, but trading is almost non-existent.

In medieval period, sailors from Odisha used to start their journey from this jetty to Indonesia and Rangoon across the Indian Sea.

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