Gokarna is at a distance of 150 km from Goa, this place is a famous pilgrimage destination and also a popular destination among tourists who are looking at clean sea beaches.
This video is about a day in Gokarna, Coastal Karnataka.
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Following are the details about the places we visited as part of this episode.
Introduction - Kudle beach - we saw Kudle beach from distance, we were actually on way to Om beach to start our day, that is when we saw Kudle beach from height, it was an amazing view.
Om Beach - This is one of the most popular sea beach of Gokarna, name of the beach is so because it is in the shape of OM.
Sea beaches visit on Boat from Om beach - we paid Rs 4000 for this journey of one hour and fifteen minutes, where the boat man took us to Paridise beach, Half moon beach, we also saw the river and sea meeting point- confluence and also had a look at and old watch tower.
If you wish to trek and reach these points , you can do that, reaching these beaches may take upto 2 hours from gokarna.
Temple visit at Gokarna:
We visited MahaGanapathi temple and Shree Mahabaleshwar temple, both are in the heart of the city.
After the temple visit we went to have Bhojan prasad , which is served at a walking distance from Shree Mahabaleshwar temple.
Tambri parni Teertha - people visit this place for Asthi visarjan, we visited this place to pay our visit to this holy location.
Ram Teertha - This is near Gokarna beach - view of this location is really nice, its like looking at sea beach from height. Ram Teertha is the place where Lord Ram has done meditation and prayer.
Carving on rock - Walking distance from Ram Teertha
Library - This is an old library, though not maintained well.
Sanikatta - This place is famous for salt extraction from sea water.
Mangrove forest - we halted at this place for some time to have a look at the forest.
Estuary point - This is a beautiful point.
Pai restaurant -Food at this restaurant was above average, during my tour of Gokarna i learnt that as of you may not get to see good restaurants in Gokarna.
We did our night stay at Vedic village homestay-this homestay is located at a 3 to 4 km distance from Om beach.
Tariff at this homestay is Rs 5000 for one day , 4 people can stay here , tariff includes breakfast .
Our stay at this place was quite comfortable.
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