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Gorakhpur
City in Uttar Pradesh, India

Gorakhpur

Gorakhpur is a city in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, along the banks of the Rapti river in the Purvanchal region.

Plan a trip to Gorakhpur→From Siddharthanagar (Bhairahawa)

It is situated 272 kilometres east of the state capital, Lucknow. It is the administrative headquarters of Gorakhpur district, North Eastern Railway Zone and Gorakhpur division. The city is home to the Gorakhnath Math, a Gorakhnath temple. The city also has had an Indian Air Force station since 1963. Gita Press, the world's largest publisher of Hindu religious texts like Ramayana and Mahabharata, has been established here since 1926.

Get in

Getting to Gorakhpur

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    Gorakhpur Airport

    Alliance Air from Delhi; SpiceJet from Bangalore, Delhi, Mumbai; IndiGo from Bangalore, Delhi, Kolkata, Hyderabad Gorakhpur railway station is connected to all major cities of India.

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    Gorakhpur Junction

    With a platform 1.36 kilometres (0.85 mi) long, this station has one of the longest platforms in the world.

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    Gorakhpur Cantonment

    The roadways network connects Gorakhpur to the cities of Uttar Pradesh and to other cities of India.

See

Worth seeing

Aroyga Mandir.

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    Chauri Chaura Shaheed Smarak
  2. 02
    Ram Garh Tal
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    Vir Bahadur Singh Planetarium

    A good place to spark children's interest in astronomy and physics.

  4. 04
    Gorakhpur Zoo

    Buddha Vihar Rd, Rail Vihar Colony Phase 3rd, Phase 3rd.

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    Gita Vatika
  6. 06
    Vishnu Mandir
Do

Things to do

See all the Hindi movies in the town, best theaters are Raj, Jubilee, Vijay Picture Palace, here air conditioning is good. Hire a cycle-rickshaw and travel around slow all around the town. In some places it is better to travel on foot.

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    Taramandal
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    Ambedkar Park
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    Neer Nikunj Water Park

    Buddha Vihar Rd Phase 3, Taramandal (near Rail Vihar Colony),.

Eat

Where to eat

Gorakhpur has fairly good restaurants and eating joints. Apart from the star category hotels there are many restaurants in the city. Bobi's Restaurant, Golghar (main market of the city),. 10AM-11PM. Affordable restaurant serving a variety of cuisines. In-house bakery for cakes and pastries.

How locals move

Getting around Gorakhpur the local way

  • Get aroundCycle rickshaws are the major mode of transport in the city.

From Wikivoyage: Gorakhpur, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-03.

Text adapted from Wikipedia and Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Wittystef (CC BY-SA 4.0), Wikimedia Commons.