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| Country | India |
| State | Orissa |
| District(s) | Puri |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+05:30) |
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• 6 metres (20 ft) |
Gop (also known as "Gope")[1][2][3] is a town and a notified area committee under jurisdiction of Puri district in the Indian state of Orissa. It is one of the main block covered under Puri district. It is famous for the Sun temple, Kathiawar (5th and 6th century AD) comprises square sanctum circumscribed by double courtyards.[4] The important villages like Biratunga(Swami Nigamananda's Ashram of Nilachala Saraswata Sangha, Puri is located here),[5]Begunia, Nimapara, Nagapur, Kakatpur, Bhaimapur, Ganeswarpur, Kusabhadra are sorrounding to Gop.
Gop is located at .[6] It has an average elevation of 6 metres (20 ft).
It is about thirty kilometres from Puri, at the junction where the Konark road branches from the Bhubaneswar to Puri road.[7]
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